Don Lemon to appear in federal court for storming Minnesota church
Don Lemon is scheduled to appear in federal court for his role in storming a church in Minnesota. He is facing charges of violating the Face Act, which prohibits the obstruction of First Amendment rights as well as obstructions against the seeking of reproduction rights via the use of intimidation, interference, and injury. Lemon insists that he was just covering the event as a reporter and he accused MAGA supporters of lobbing homophobic and racist slurs at him.
From Fox News:
Lemon has insisted he was working as a journalist and was not part of the group that harassed churchgoers. He is represented by Abbe Lowell, who previously represented Hunter Biden, and Joe Thompson, who was the lead prosecutor who helped uncover the massive $250 million Feeding Our Future food fraud case tied to the state’s Somali community. Thompson resigned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in January.
While documenting the hostile invasion of the church, Lemon called it a “clandestine mission.”
“You have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That’s what this country is about,” Lemon said.
Agitators disrupted the religious service and “intimidated, harassed, oppressed, and terrorized the parishioners, including young children, and caused the service to be cut short,” according to a federal affidavit.
Churchgoers told law enforcement that members of their parish attempted to retrieve their children from a childcare area located downstairs, but the agitators were blocking the stairs, and the parents were unable to get to their children. One churchgoer later expressed fear that the agitators may have guns underneath their jackets and noted that aisles were blocked, making it difficult to leave.
Lemon has seen a spike in social media subscribers, appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and been feted at the Grammy Awards since his arrest.
The FACE Act makes it a federal crime, with potentially steep fines and jail time, to use or threaten to use force to “injure, intimidate, or interfere” with a person seeking reproductive health services, or with a person lawfully trying to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. It also prohibits intentional property damage to a facility providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship.
Lemon previously told Fox News Digital that he stands by his reporting and has faced online threats as a result.
Additional Reading:
Flood, B. (2026, February 13). Don Lemon to appear in federal court over charges stemming from Minnesota church storming. Fox News. Link.






Com’on, prosecutor, squeeze that Lemon dry!
“Reporting”, my left testicle!
He was there to cause mayhem and confusion.
Don, your race card and ghey card have both been declined. You wanted equality without regard to your race or sexual orientation. This is that equality. Enjoy the hell out of it.
He’ll get a pass.
So abortion clinics are now back in bounds? Asking for an unborn child.