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To: Department of Justice
Drop the charges against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort immediately!
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U.S. independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been arrested by federal agents weeks after reporting at an anti-ICE church protest in Minnesota.
This is an egregious attack on the freedom of the press and a major escalation in the Trump administration’s ongoing erosion of our constitutionally protected freedoms.
This is an egregious attack on the freedom of the press and a major escalation in the Trump administration’s ongoing erosion of our constitutionally protected freedoms.
We demand that the Trump administration immediately drop their charges and halt all further attacks on journalists' constitutionally protected rights.
Why is this important?
Update 2/4/26: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released from custody but their charges remain.
In this country, under the First Amendment, reporters are free to view, document, and share information with the public. And that’s exactly what these journalists were doing in Minnesota.
In this country, under the First Amendment, reporters are free to view, document, and share information with the public. And that’s exactly what these journalists were doing in Minnesota.
From day one of Trump’s second term, this administration has been attacking the free press. From defunding public media to banning press outlets from White House press briefings to removing legacy media outlets from the Pentagon and attacking individual journalists, the administration has worked not only to discredit valid reporting as “fake news” but taken major steps to control and shut down the free press.
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a major escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the First Amendment, jeopardizing freedom of the press and ultimately threatening all of our rights.
Demand that the Trump administration immediately drop federal charges against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort!