Fired CNN host Don Lemon might get prosecuted by the Justice Department for joining anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters who stormed a Minnesota church service Sunday because the pastor is allegedly tied to ICE, Civil Rights Division Chief Harmeet Dhillon implied Sunday night.
The assistant attorney general had already confirmed her division was investigating potential violations of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act by the church crashers, a rare but statutorily permissible use of the 1994 law. It has overwhelmingly been used to prosecute pro-life activists who seek to blockade abortion clinics, with President Trump pardoning 23 in his first week back in office.
"A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest!" Dhillon wrote on X, sharing Newsmax host Todd Starnes' quotes of now-independent video journalist Lemon when he explained to viewers that crashing the church was justified by "the freedom to protest" and "protests are not comfortable."
💥: #NEW - INTENT: The opening to Don Lemon’s insane livestream is an admission of foreknowledge that the group he was in contact with was going to storm a church, based on his prior communications with its leader.
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) January 19, 2026
Nekima Armstrong's FB post below thanking Don lemon and others… pic.twitter.com/WjC3BbCaDU