Former CNN anchor Don Lemon taken into custody, sources say

Ramrouser said:
My point was not to argue whether the J6 reporters were entitled to 1A protections during J6 (I'm not familiar with all the details on those cases) but to simply point out that multiple J6ers (the article mentions 8) made claims that they were journalists and/or documentary filmmakers and there was absolutely NO CONCERN or OUTRAGE expressed by the mainstream press about freedom of the press for these reporters. We know why: these were right wing journalists or film makers who were unworthy of 1A protection. Only liberal hacks like Lemon or some lefty activist named Georgia Fort are worthy of 1A freedom of the press protections - according to the legacy media.

I don't know whether Lemon is guilty but he was indicted by a federal grand jury. He has funds to mount a vigorous defense and he has a favorable jury pool in Minneapolis so he'll likely be fine.
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And you whined incessantly here about lawfare. You might be one of the biggest hypocrites I have ever encountered.
 
superrific said:
Thank you. I'm of course with Wittes on this, but my analysis would be simpler. Were these people in disguise? They were not. Second clause of the statute is eliminated. First clause requires "injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate" none of which happened here.

I can't believe the magistrate signed off on this.
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The magistrate didn't sign off. The US Attorney got a grand jury indictment after magistrate refused to sign it and 8th circuit refused to make him sign it.
 
Calheel said:
The magistrate didn't sign off. The US Attorney got a grand jury indictment after magistrate refused to sign it and 8th circuit refused to make him sign it.
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Here's what Anna Bower said in the linked podcast transcript. I don't know if it's accurate but I assume it is:

And one photo that we've seen of one of those arrest warrants showed that the magistrate actually did not find probable cause for a FACE Act violation, but did find probable cause for an 18 U.S.C. 241 violation, which is the conspiracy against right statute.
 
superrific said:
Here's what Anna Bower said in the linked podcast transcript. I don't know if it's accurate but I assume it is:

And one photo that we've seen of one of those arrest warrants showed that the magistrate actually did not find probable cause for a FACE Act violation, but did find probable cause for an 18 U.S.C. 241 violation, which is the conspiracy against right statute.
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The magistrate arrest warrant wasn't for Lemon, but other people. And there are at least allegations that would support the charges against other people.
 
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