Don Lemon, Cities Church protestors plead not guilty in federal court in Minnesota

By: Alex Baumhardt

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 681

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Independent journalist Don Lemon, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong and several others plead not guilty to federal charges Friday following their arrests in January for protesting in a St. Paul church over one of its pastors working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The defendants made their pleas in a packed room at the federal courthouse in St. Paul in front of Judge Douglas Micko, a federal magistrate judge for the Minnesota District Court …

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