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Judge Rejects DOJ’s Criminal Complaint Against Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

NYT > Business > Media · Devlin Barrett, Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush · last updated

The Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon, a senior law enforcement official said.

A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota refused to approve a criminal complaint against the former CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, according to people familiar with the matter.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and other senior Justice Department officials were furious over the rejection, as they have poured federal agents and prosecutors into the state to pursue cases against protesters the Trump administration claims have crossed the line into committing crimes, one of those people said.

A senior law enforcement official familiar with the case said the Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon.

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