Daily Signal President Rob Bluey sparred with media analyst Oliver Darcy on NBC News over the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who is facing federal charges related to a church invasion in Minnesota.

Lemon was on the scene with approximately 40 anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters who disrupted Sunday’s service at Cities Church in St. Paul. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that Lemon and others were charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy.

Bluey argued that Lemon participated in a “premeditated” disruption of Christian worship rather than legitimate journalism.

The exchange with Darcy centered on whether Lemon, who was indicted by a grand jury for his role in the church invasion, deserves First Amendment protection as a journalist or should face accountability for disrupting religious worship.

“Let’s stop calling it a protest. It was an invasion of a church service,” Bluey told NBC News anchor Tom Llamas. “Those people have the right to worship Jesus Christ, which they were doing, and Don Lemon was part of the group, premeditated, outside of that protest.”

Don Lemon conspired with anti-ICE activists before invading a church. He has no First Amendment defense. Hold him accountable for breaking the law.

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Bluey pointed to video evidence showing Lemon meeting with organizers and activists before the church disruption, noting that Lemon “had advance........

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