A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
It is highly unusual for the Justice Department to criminally charge a reporter, though it is not without precedent. Those cases are heavily scrutinized before the decision to bring charges is made, and often face extended legal battles over whether the reporter is protected by the First Amendment before the case makes it to trial.
I’m gonna go ahead and say its not even going to make it to trial considering the clown show currently going on at the Justice Department.
I’m gonna go ahead and say its not even going to make it to trial considering the clown show currently going on at the Justice Department.