Don Lemon Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution in Church Protest Case

Source: www.nytimes.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:22:35 GMT

Lawyers for the former CNN anchor asked a judge to throw out the case, saying prosecutors had “acted on the president’s animus by filing unprecedented charges against a journalist for doing his job.”