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Trump DOJ Gets UTTERLY REJECTED by Judge as INDICTMENT FALLS APART?!?!

2026-05-31 Entertainment
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In its latest attack on press freedom, the Trump Justice Department used its criminal prosecution of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort to try to subpoena information from their YouTube pages — including their subscribers. A federal magistrate judge rejected that attempt, writing pointedly: "There is no attempt made to explain why the compilation by the government of a comprehensive index of subscribers to 'The Don Lemon Show' is evidence that a crime was committed." Caitlin Vogus, the senior advisor for advocacy for the Freedom of the Press Foundation, breaks down the latest on Trump's attacks on a free press. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts. Subscribe to All Rise News to support this work: www.allrisenews.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@Scallywagette 2026-05-31

This DOJ is increasingly unhinged.

75 3 replies
@marybardmess7953 2026-05-31

Wow. This is really important. They're also trying to go after all the people who don't vote for them.

47 2 replies
@BillyZ-q8f 2026-05-31

And it sounds like they want to do the same with voting which Is another step too far and an act of desperation from the criminal administration!

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@kenyatta2000 2026-05-31

vindictive prosecution!

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@ighdesigns 2026-05-31

These disgusting criminals just keep flooding the zone with BS. Can’t wait until Steve Bannon is brought up on charges come the midterms.

42 4 replies
@pepperwhisperer 2026-05-31

Just like it isn't a crime to call this administration crooked criminal and a disgrace to our fine insituation 1st amendment

46 1 replies
@wen-d123 2026-05-31

They are already watching us they just want it to be legal

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@AlexaRaymer-p9t 2026-05-31

Trump wants to scare Americans away from independent media. He’s trying to turn the US into Russia or China.

104 8 replies
@allenporter6586 2026-05-31

It as bad, really bad, that the DOJ is going after jouralists but going after the subscribers is like the Gestapo or KGB going after people listening to the BBC or American broadcasts.

63 1 replies
@dawn62 2026-05-31

Not afraid, come get me

38 3 replies

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