"The White House took a victory lap Friday morning over the arrest of independent journalist Don Lemon. The official White House account on X posted a photo of Lemon reporting on Minnesota anti-ICE protesters as they stormed a church service in St. Paul to question the lead pastor there. The White House post was captioned, When life gives you lemons and included a silver chain emoji. It also featured a graphic that read DON LEMON ARRESTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ST. PAUL CHURCH RIOTS"
"Lemon has maintained that he was not a protest participant, but a journalist covering the protests against ICE's operations in Minneapolis. He has been working as an independent journalist since being fired by CNN in 2023. FBI Director Kash Patel posted, Early this morning, @FBI and @HSI_HQ partners arrested four individuals in connection to the January 18 coordinated targeting of Cities Church in Minnesota: Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy."
The White House posted a photo of Don Lemon on X with the caption When life gives you lemons and a silver chain emoji alongside a graphic reading DON LEMON ARRESTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ST. PAUL CHURCH RIOTS. Lemon has said he was not a participant and was covering anti-ICE protesters who stormed a church service in St. Paul. Lemon has worked as an independent journalist since being fired by CNN in 2023. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests of four individuals tied to a January 18 coordinated targeting of Cities Church, naming Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy. Georgia Fort live-streamed her arrest. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote that arrests were made at her direction in connection with the coordinated attack. Responses to the White House post framed the action as an attack on First Amendment rights and press freedom.
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