Don Lemon insists his arrest and charges be dismissed--Trump's to blame

Don Lemon insists charges for mob invasion of church must be dismissed because of Trump

Claims 'the Justice Department acted on the president's animus' against him

Media personality Don Lemon, fired by CNN, is insisting that charges against him stemming from that mob invasion of a church in Minnesota must be dismissed because of President Donald Trump.

After all, Trump doesn't like Lemon and repeatedly has made critical comments about him. That means, according to a court filing, the charges are a "vindictive prosecution" and must go away.

The arguments, of course, overlook what noted commentator Robert Knight said was an invasion where those protesting border security law enforcement in the region made the decision to "scream at parishioners, terrify children and harass people."

He wrote, "If you're a leftwing activist living in St. Paul, Minnesota, you now have official state sanction to invade a church, scream at parishioners, terrify children and harass people on their way out of the worship service. All of that happened at Cities Church last Jan. 18, when a mob invaded the Southern Baptist church during a protest because one of its pastors is also an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."

He explained, "Protesters reduced children to tears by screaming at them, 'Do you know your parents are Nazis? They're going to burn in hell.' Others accused the parishioners of being 'rich' and 'white.' (Tim Malone, Don Lemon's spouse, is White and has a net worth of $3 million to $10 million)

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Don Lemon was arrested and indicted on federal civil rights charges by the U.S. Department of Justice following an anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026