"According to a court filing, he has now hired Jospeh Thompson to defend him from the federal charges. Until a few weeks ago, Thompson worked as a senior federal prosector in the US attorney's office in Minnesota. However, Thompson quit his role alongside several other prosectors after the DOJ told them to drop their investigation into the legality of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent's killing of Renee Good."
"Don Lemon has hired a former Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor to defend him in his free speech battle with US president Donald Trump. The independent journalist, who came out as gay in his 2011 and is married to real estate agent Tim Malone, was arrested on 29 January on charges that he violated federal law when he entered the Cities Church in St Paul, Minnesota on 18 January."
Don Lemon faces federal charges alleging conspiring to intimidate or violate the free exercise of religion and violating the FACE Act after entering Cities Church in St Paul on 18 January. He was arrested on 29 January and indicted alongside eight others on counts related to intimidating worshippers and refusing to leave when asked. The indictment alleges Lemon stood close to a pastor, caused a graze to the pastor's hand, and intimidated him. Lemon has hired former DOJ prosecutor Joseph Thompson, who recently left the US attorney's office amid controversy over DOJ directives in an ICE-related investigation.
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