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| Independent journalist Don Lemon was arrested this morning. So was Georgia Fort, also an independent journalist. Both covered a January 18 church protest in Minneapolis. It's unclear what they've been charged with. It's also unclear whether the federal agents who arrested them had the authority to. The US Department of Justice went to one judge. He said no. Then to another. He also said no. Then it went to a court of appeals. That panel said no, too. The Post quoted one of the judges: 'There is no evidence that those two engaged in any criminal behavior or conspired to do so.' |
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