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Don Lemon Arrested by Trump Regime

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News Commentary, News

4.96.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In breaking news, independent journalist Don Lemon has been arrested by Federal Agents while covering the Grammy Awards in LA last night. Michael Popok explains how 3 separate Courts in Minnesota, from the Magistrate to the Chief Judge to 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, all rejected an attempt to arrest Don and recognized his First Amendment Rights as a journalist. Yet the Trump DOJ, to distract from the en masse resignations planned in the Minneapolis US Attorneys’ Office to protest the refusal to properly investigate the Pretti and Good murders, has now vindictively gone after Don. NOBL gives you real travel peace of mind — security, design, and convenience all in one. Head to https://NOBLTravel.com for 46% off your entire order! #NOBL #ad Subscribe:  @LegalAFMTN  Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

While the Trump administration is besieged by rebellion related to its refusal to do an investigation into the civil rights violations and the execution-style murders of Renee Good and Alex Preti on the streets of Minneapolis, they are busy arresting Don Lemon.

0:17.9

The journalist, while he was covering the Grammy Awards, apparently last night, was arrested by federal agents.

0:25.5

It's a curious turn of events.

0:27.6

Abby Lowell, his lawyer, has issued a statement proclaiming Don's innocence.

0:32.6

He was covering as a journalist a church protest about ISIS presence in Minnesota at a Minneapolis or St. Paul

0:41.3

Church on the 18th of January, multiple judges and courts in Minnesota and for Minnesota, from

0:48.8

the magistrate judge to the chief judge to the Eighth Circuit have rejected attempts to issue

0:54.0

arrest warrants for Don Lemon,

0:55.9

but either they got some sort of grand jury to issue an indictment, or they got another magistrate

1:01.7

judge to issue a arrest warrant. Either way, it's been reported that he has been picked up in the

1:07.4

Department of Justice, again, rather than dealing with mass resignations that

1:12.0

are planned in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office over their failure to investigate properly

1:16.8

the depth of Renee Good and Alex Preti are busy using their scarce resources to arrest journalists

1:22.5

doing their job. Tom Blanche to hold a press conference later today about it, but we know what he's going to say because you're here on the Midas Touch Network and on legal A.F.

1:32.3

And we brought the receipts on Michael Popuk. Now, Todd Blanche seems to be taking the lead on this, not Pam Bondi, although the reporting was that Pam Bondi was outraged, that a magistrate judge in Minneapolis, Judge Mikko, although he issued three arrest

1:46.8

warrants for the three protesters who actually were in the church in violation of federal law,

1:52.0

he did not and found there was no probable cause to arrest a journalist and his producer,

1:57.6

Don Lemon, an independent journalist and his producer, who were there covering the protest.

2:03.5

He's not the only one.

2:05.1

When Pam Bondi didn't like that, she ran to have an Article 3 district court judge assigned to the case to override the match straight.

2:14.3

That became Chief Judge Schultz.

2:16.5

Chief Judge Schultz did not override the

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