Rejected Search Warrant Applications Raise Further Questions About the Federal Case Against Don Lemon

Rejected search warrant applications raise further questions about the federal case against Don Lemon

A federal judge rejected DHS warrant requests targeting Don Lemon and others, citing lack of probable cause and First Amendment concerns.

HSI Agent Timothy Gerber Is a Dumbass, Withdrawn Search Warrants Edition

On May 22, Minnesota Magistrate Judge John Docherty ordered the unsealing of a bunch of search warrant applications in support of the Don Lemon investigation. He rejected all the first versions, held three of the second in abeyance because of concerns about the Privacy Protection Act’s impact on YouTube accounts (especially those of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort), and rejected another of those reapplications — one targeting Ian Davis Austin’s phone…

Unsealing of failed Don Lemon and Georgia Fort warrants exposes attack on press

The government tried to sneak illegal search warrants targeting the press past the courts