Former CNN anchor Don Lemon said that he “ain’t even worried” about the possibility that he could end up behind bars following his arrest in Los Angeles — and promised that he planned to be even more outspoken in the days to come.
Lemon, who was arrested in connection to a protest in Minneapolis that disrupted a Sunday morning church service, has maintained in the days since that he was only there in his capacity as an “independent journalist” to record what happened during the protest.
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“I have so many thoughts,” Lemon said on his show, apparently referencing his arrest. “And what this did was really open my eyes to a lot. So if you think that I was outspoken before this …”
Lemon trailed off and then let out an exaggerated fake laugh before adding, in ominous tones, “Just wait. Just wait.”
“So I know that there are people who think like oh, you know, do this, and I’m going to be locked up or whatever. I ain’t worried about that. You heard the truth, and the truth shall make you free. I ain’t even worried about that. Like not. Don’t even think about it,” he said.
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“So whatever — you know, whatever happens — I am — I always think that something good is going to happen,” Lemon continued. “And something good usually always happens if you have that mindset.”
Lemon was arrested after a grand jury found probable cause to indict him. The indictment stated in part that Lemon had “entered the church with the “first wave of agitators,” and “oppressed, threatened, and intimidated the Church’s congregants and pastors by physically occupying most of the main aisle and rows of chairs near the front of the Church, engaging in menacing and threatening behavior, chanting and yelling loudly at the pastor and congregants, and/or physically obstructing them as they attempted to exit and/or move about within the Church.”
President Trump weighed in on Lemon’s arrest while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, saying that he had not had any advance knowledge that Lemon was going to be arrested but making it clear that he was not a fan of the ousted CNN personality.
“He’s a sleazebag! Everyone’s known that. He’s a washed up,” Trump said. “Probably from his standpoint, the best thing that could happen to him. He had no viewers. He was a failed host. And now, he’s in the news. I didn’t know anything about it.”
