Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon vowed on “The Megyn Kelly Show” Friday that the Department of Justice would continue pursuing charges against former CNN host Don Lemon after a judge refused to sign off on them.

Former CNN host Don Lemon dared the Trump administration in a Thursday video to arrest him over a Sunday protest at a Minnesota church — and one top official suggested she is happy to oblige. Lemon said he stands “proud” as a journalist after a judge reportedly refused to approve charges against him for following and filming anti-deportation protesters who disrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church in St.

The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division reposted a betting market’s wager on whether the DOJ would prosecute journalist Don Lemon.

A magistrate judge on Thursday rejected federal charges against journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church. Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, said he was there as a journalist,