{"id":2564005,"date":"2026-02-03T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-kicks-off-post-arrest-press-tour-with-jimmy-kimmel-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:14:14","slug":"don-lemon-kicks-off-post-arrest-press-tour-with-jimmy-kimmel-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-kicks-off-post-arrest-press-tour-with-jimmy-kimmel-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Kicks Off Post-Arrest Press Tour With Jimmy Kimmel Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-kicks-off-post-arrest-press-tour-with-jimmy-kimmel-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564005&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article describes Don Lemon\u2019s post-arrest media push, including an appearance with Jimmy Kimmel in which Lemon and Kimmel cast the arrest as part of a broader, politically motivated campaign of intimidation by the Trump governance and the DOJ. It notes that Kimmel portrayed Lemon as a victim and Lemon repeatedly insisted he was acting as a journalist, not a protester, even as footage suggested he joined protest activity near a church. critics, including MRC NewsBusters, argued that Lemon\u2019s actions at the church violated federal law and accused the DOJ of acting on crowdsourced opinions from right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gettr-founder-says-authoritarian-regimes-are-behind-attacks-on-the-app\/\" title=\"Gettr Founder Says \u2018Authoritarian Regimes\u2019 Are Behind Attacks on the App\">-leaning social media<\/a> rather than the evidence. The piece also covers the discussion of the appellate process and the grand jury, highlighting Lemon\u2019s claim that prosecutors could write anything in an indictment, a claim countered by critics who pointed to the grand jury\u2019s finding of probable cause.It also mentions Lemon\u2019s pre-arrest comments about the Trump administration possibly going around a judge, and Trump\u2019s remarks that he did not know about the arrest beforehand and did not like Lemon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-narration-container=\"true\" id=\"post-body-text\">\n<p>Ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon embarked on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >post-arrest press tour<\/a> of sorts, joining late night host Jimmy Kimmel to complain about President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration and the arrest he claimed was proof of a campaign of &ldquo;intimidation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lemon joined Kimmel on Monday evening, and the ABC host outdid himself in his efforts to help Lemon paint himself as the victim in a grand scheme &mdash; orchestrated by President Trump&rsquo;s Justice Department, of course &mdash; designed to &ldquo;intimidate&rdquo; Lemon and others like him into silence.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel opened the segment by first skipping over the video that appears to show Lemon discussing plans with protest organizers prior to entering the church and then repeatedly referring to Lemon as a &ldquo;journalist&rdquo; who just happened to be there to record whatever transpired.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon repeated the same as if to reassure the audience that he was, in fact, acting solely as a journalist. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a protester,&rdquo; he insisted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jimmy Kimmel tries justifying Don Lemon storming a church because he&rsquo;s a &ldquo;journalist&rdquo; and not a protester.<\/p>\n<p>Barging into a church and disrupting service isn&rsquo;t journalism, Jimmy. It&rsquo;s a blatant violation of federal law.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uUKkUKXGNJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uUKkUKXGNJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsbusters\/status\/2018557195189702734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pair followed that by suggesting that the Justice Department had essentially crowd-sourced the decision to arrest Lemon, taking their cues from right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leans-into-comrade-kamala-label-as-harris-pivots-left-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump leans into \u2018Comrade Kamala\u2019 label as Harris pivots left - Washington Examiner\">-leaning social media accounts<\/a> rather than the evidence &mdash; and complained that Lemon had been arrested without being offered the chance to quietly surrender himself to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>They immediately shifted focus to the judges who&rsquo;d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/appeals-court-finds-probable-cause-to-charge-don-lemon-but-rejects-dojs-bid-to-force-arrest-warrant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined to sign off<\/a> on a warrant to arrest Lemon, but ignored the fact that a grand jury had found probable cause to indict him, and at least one of the judges had agreed with their assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon went on to muddy the waters around the grand jury indictment by suggesting that prosecutors could write &ldquo;whatever they want&rdquo; in an indictment and would never face repercussions if it was not true.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel and Don Lemon mischaracterize both the appellate process and the grand jury. Not once do you hear an acknowledgement that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-wont-dismiss-fees-against-baltimore-states-attorney-marilyn-mosby-rejects-promises-of-racism\/\" title=\"Federal Judge WON&#039;T Dismiss Fees Against Baltimore State\u2019s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Rejects Promises Of Racism\">grand jury found probable<\/a> cause. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z5uvDEiCWN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/z5uvDEiCWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BonillaJL\/status\/2018554887399788839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/don-lemon-claims-trump-will-go-around-a-judge-to-prosecute-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lemon said<\/a> in the days leading up to his arrest, he believed the Trump administration would &ldquo;go around&rdquo; a judge or possibly even &ldquo;retrofit&rdquo; laws in an effort to get him, declaring afterward that he was not concerned with the possibility that he could land behind bars, and saying that he planned to be even more outspoken in the days to come.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, who was asked about the situation while aboard Air Force One over the weekend, made it clear that he did not like Lemon, but said that he was unaware of plans to have him arrested before they were carried out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lemon teams with Kimmel over post-arrest intimidation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2564006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2259247924.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541,33651],"tags":[36966,43710,28992,72824],"class_list":["post-2564005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","category-the-western-journal","tag-don-lemon","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-post-arrest","tag-press-tour"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2259247924.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564009,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564005\/revisions\/2564009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}