MN - Journalist Don Lemon arrested for church protest, Minneapolis, 18 Jan 2026

[Hexe]

Not necessarily. There is more time in a grand jury.

I do not follow. What dors time have to do with evidence presented to the GJ?

 

[Inthedetails]

Daniel Rosen took office as U.S. Attorney in Minnesota in October.

After the recent turmoil in Minnesota and resulting resignation of 14 prosecutors (bbm):


Unease among prosecutors has continued to mount as the Justice Department announced a criminal investigation into leading Democrats in the state and charges against nine people, including two journalists, accused in connection to a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn., where an ICE official serves as a pastor.

In recent days, as Mr. Rosen has sought to steady an office on edge, colleagues say he has made comments that unsettled them further. Several people said that Mr. Rosen vowed not to ask anyone to do anything illegal — an assurance that normally, the people said, would go without saying.

Mr. Rosen, a commercial litigator who had no prior criminal litigation experience, also has conveyed that the office, under his leadership, was committed to furthering the goals of Mr. Trump.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Betty P]

Not necessarily. There is more time in a grand jury.

If they have solid evidence, fine. Let them bring it. I don't think they do. If you think Lemon was seeking attention, he would have gotten that whether the demonstration was inside or out on the street. JMO, the demonstration seemed to me like something planned on the spur of the moment.

They can speculate all day, but without evidence, its meaningless. Convening a GJ just looks like vindictiveness and an attempt to impugn the reputation of journalists and instill fear in them to discourage unfavorable news coverage. JMO

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Here is the actual charging document: https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/01/CASE-026-cr-00025-LMP-DLM.pdf

 

[J. J. in Phila]

If they have solid evidence, fine. Let them bring it. I don't think they do. If you think Lemon was seeking attention, he would have gotten that whether the demonstration was inside or out on the street. JMO, the demonstration seemed to me like something planned on the spur of the moment.

They can speculate all day, but without evidence, its meaningless. Convening a GJ just looks like vindictiveness and an attempt to impugn the reputation of journalists and instill fear in them to discourage unfavorable news coverage. JMO

They have the evidence and you can see from the indicimet what he is accused of.

Sorry, grand juries are good tools for getting evidence. They are not "vindictive," but vindicating.

 

[Summerliz03]

Here is the actual charging document: https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/01/CASE-026-cr-00025-LMP-DLM.pdf

This has been shared in this thread no less than 10 times. I have read the entire document. I have not seen anything in that document that shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor and not a journalist inside that church. No videos I’ve seen of the protest shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor or that he himself broke the FACE Act with his actions. All MOO.

 

[witchway]

This has been shared in this thread no less than 10 times. I have read the entire document. I have not seen anything in that document that shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor and not a journalist inside that church. No videos I’ve seen of the protest shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor or that he himself broke the FACE Act with his actions. All MOO.

Might I add and unsigned? jmo

 

[Betty P]

They have the evidence and you can see from the indicimet what he is accused of.

Sorry, grand juries are good tools for getting evidence. They are not "vindictive," but vindicating.

From what I'm reading in the news media, it looks like the GOP DOJ is planning to use some crazy conspiracy theories (CT) to make their case. That probably won't stand up in court. The CT is getting so far "out there" that they're losing all credibility. Case in point: Trump endorsing the CT Gov. Walz hired killer Vance Boelter to shoot House Speaker Melissa Holtman, her husband and the Hoffmans. CT from DOJ just falls flat. If that's the circus they want to present during a GJ, it's wrong and won't work. Instead of discrediting the journalists, they end up discrediting the Trump Administration. JMO

President Trump pushes false conspiracy on the Hortman killings, implicating Walz involvement

President Trump shared a video claiming that Tim Walz was responsible for the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, a conspiracy theory that has been debunked several times since the fatal Minnesota lawmaker shootings in June 2025.

www.fox9.com

 

[J. J. in Phila]

This has been shared in this thread no less than 10 times. I have read the entire document. I have not seen anything in that document that shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor and not a journalist inside that church. No videos I’ve seen of the protest shows me that Don Lemon was acting as a protestor or that he himself broke the FACE Act with his actions. All MOO.

The only thing that I saw was the transcript. Overt Acts 23, 24, 25, and 28, would be FACE Act violations, specific to Lemon. A grand jury presentment is unsigned, since that point was brought up.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

From what I'm reading in the news media, it looks like the GOP DOJ is planning to use some crazy conspiracy theories (CT) to make their case. That probably won't stand up in court. The CT is getting so far "out there" that they're losing all credibility. Case in point: Trump endorsing the CT Gov. Walz hired killer Vance Boelter to shoot House Speaker Melissa Holtman, her husband and the Hoffmans. CT from DOJ just falls flat. If that's the circus they want to present during a GJ, it's wrong and won't work. Instead of discrediting the journalists, they end up discrediting the Trump Administration. JMO

President Trump pushes false conspiracy on the Hortman killings, implicating Walz involvement

President Trump shared a video claiming that Tim Walz was responsible for the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, a conspiracy theory that has been debunked several times since the fatal Minnesota lawmaker shootings in June 2025.

www.fox9.com

This is not Trump. This is a grand jury.