Don Lemon Arrested: Trump, ICE & the Prosecution of the Press
February 2, 2026
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Don Lemon Arrested: Trump, ICE & the Prosecution of the Press
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Summary
With the arrest of the high-profile journalist Don Lemon, the protests in Minnesota have become the new frontline of press freedom.
Is the Trump Administration openly hunting down journalists now? Or, in the aftermath of Snowden, Manning & Assange, is Trump just more shameless in cracking down on voices he disapproves of? What happens to a democracy when reporters and commentators are targeted in politically-motivated, trumped-up prosecutions?
Seth Stern is a civil liberties lawyer and the chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation. He joins Josh to discuss the case against Don Lemon, the weaponisation of espionage laws, the difference between ethical journalism and genuine national-security threats, how the Trump Administration - using Minneapolis as a pretext - is criminalising the freedom of the press, and how we might fix it.
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