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Minnesota Judge Blocks Federal Charges Against Don Lemon Over Anti-ICE Church Disruption

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Update (1600ET): A Minnesota federal magistrate judge rejected charges against former CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection with a demonstration inside a St. Paul Christian church, where anti-ICE agitators shut down a Sunday service.

As we detailed earlier (below), Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that three individuals - Chauntyll Louisa Allen, Nekima Levy Armstrong, and William Kelly - have been charged in connection to the church disruption. 

The Department of Justice had sought charges against Lemon, as well, but the judge refused to sign off on it.

Lemon argued that all he did was “commit an act of journalism” by going inside, though his prior knowledge of the protesters’ plans may implicate him in criminal activity, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said on “The Benny Johnson Show” Monday.

“The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate’s decision,” a source familiar with the matter, told CBS News.

But wait, it gets better!

Fox News’ Bill Melugin reports that the wife of the federal magistrate who nixed the arrest warrant for Lemon works in far-left Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office.

“Multiple sources tell me & colleague David Spunt that the federal magistrate in Minnesota who refused to sign off on an arrest warrant for Don Lemon is Douglas L. Micko and that his wife works as an Assistant Attorney General in Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s office.,” Melugin posted on X.

As we detailed earlier, Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced that two far-left activists - one of whom played a 'key role' in the storming of a Minnesota church - have been arrested. 

Nekima Levy Armstrong

"So far, we have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota," Bondi posted on X, adding "WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP."

Roughly 30 minutes later, Bondi announced a second arrest had been made, with Chauntyll Louisa Allen having been taken into custody. Allen is a board member for Saint Paul Public Schools. 

Armstrong, former president of the NAACP in Minneapolis, helped lead a group that poured into the Cities Church in St. Paul before chanting "ICE out" and "Justice for Renee Good," because one of the church's pastors, David Easterwood, heads up the local ICE field office. 

Nekima Levy Armstrong, Facebook

Armstrong posted a video of the protest, which she referred to as "our demonstration," which showed dozens of agitators storming the church. In the post, she wrote "It's time for judgment to begin and it will begin in the House of God!"

Following the incident, washed up propagandist Don Lemon tried to lecture a pastor, suggesting that the storming was constitutional. 

Armstrong, a former law professor who's now a full time activist, has been a key organizer in boycotts against Target for scaling back DEI programs. 

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