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‘The process is the punishment’: Don Lemon pleads not guilty to 'constitutionally flawed' charges
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11:42Now PlayingAngelo Carusone, President of Media Matters and Michael Feinberg, Former Assistant Special Agent In Charge at the FBI join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Don Lemon’s arraignment which marks a new chapter on the Trump Administration's war on the free press, and how putting Lemon through this judicial process is the goal of the administration to intimidate other journalists and activists from using their platforms to speak out.
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