Don Lemon feared he was the goal of a violent crime when he was arrested Thursday nighthis lawyer, Abbe Lowell, revealed.
The lawyer, who’s representing the impartial journalist as he faces federal civil rights prices for his presence at an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota, appeared on “The Briefing With Jen Psaki” Friday night and shared perception into how Lemon was doing after his arrest.
“I imply, regardless of how stable you’re and the way a lot you’ve coated the information … when it occurs to you, it’s a special occasion,” Lowell shared with MS Now host Jen Psaki.
Lemon faces prices below two federal statutesconspiracy to deprive rights and violating the Freedom of Entry to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which partially prevents one from interfering with somebody’s First Modification proper of spiritual freedom.
As Lowell went on, he defended that Lemon was merely doing his job as a journalist — a job which he has carried out for 30 years and is protected by the Invoice of Rights.
Nonetheless, amid the uproar over Lemon’s protection of the anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul earlier this month, Lowell stated he reached out to the Division of Justice on Lemon’s behalf.
“I wrote to the Division of Justice 10 days in the past and I stated I’m representing Don Lemon,” he recalled. “I perceive you may be investigating him. Should you’re going to take any motion, do it the appropriate method. You don’t need to make a present of it. You don’t need to make a circus of this. Get in contact with me.”
Per Lowell, he by no means heard again from the DOJ. As a substitute, as Lowell described it, Lemon was focused late at night time at his resort in Los Angeles, Calif.
“They wait till he’s in Los Angeles. That’s not sufficient,” he famous. “They waited till 11:30 at night time — when he was getting back from doing what he does — within the foyer of a resort, and never one, not two, not three, however (a) bevy of brokers surrounded and (took) him away. Don thought he was being mugged as a result of he has been controversial and he really thought some loopy folks on the appropriate may be stalking him.”
Whereas Lowell didn’t have the precise variety of brokers concerned in Lemon’s arrest, he stated it was “greater than the one which was essential to do it the appropriate method.”
Lowell instructed that Lemon’s arrest happened late at night time in order that the famed journalist was compelled “to spend an evening in jail.”
He added: “That’s what occurred to Don for doing his job.”
Watch Lowell’s full interview above.
“The Briefing With Jen Psaki” airs Tuesdays by way of Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on MS Now.
