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'Unprecedented attack on First Amendment': Don Lemon's lawyer blasts arrest

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January 30, 2026

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Federal agents arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon after he covered a church protest in Minnesota. Lemon's lawyer Abbe Lowell blasted the arrest as an "unprecedented attack on the First Amendment." MS NOW Senior Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig, former prosecutor Charles Coleman, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, Senior Writer at The Dispatch David Drucker and MS NOW Contributor April Ryan join Erielle Reshef to weigh in.

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