Don Lemon Discovers Rules After a Church Service Gets Disrupted
Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, is seeking the release of grand jury transcripts related to federal civil rights charges against him. He was charged following a protest at a Minnesota church where an ICE official is a pastor. Lemon maintains he was only documenting the protest as a journalist and not participating in the disruption.
- ▪Don Lemon filed a motion in U.S. District Court seeking grand jury transcripts in his civil rights case.
- ▪He pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a protest that disrupted a church service in January.
- ▪Lemon argues that recent issues with the grand jury process warrant the release of the transcripts.
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Don Lemon Discovers Rules After a Church Service Gets Disrupted David Manney | 7:59 PM on May 27, 2026 Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP “Independent journalist” and former CNN anchor Don Lemon filed a motion today in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis seeking the release of grand jury transcripts in the federal civil rights case against him. From the AP: Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Lemon pleaded not guilty in February to federal civil rights charges, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. He is one of 39 people charged in the January incident.Lemon insists he was at the Cities Church in St.
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