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   Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche just destroyed ABC's George   
   Stephanopoulos during a contentious exchange on This Week, calling out   
   the network for what he characterized as biased coverage protecting   
   former CNN anchor Don Lemon following his arrest for involvement in   
   storming a church service in St. Paul.   
      
   It all started when Stephanopoulos asked when Blanche believed Lemon had   
   crossed the line from journalism into criminal activity. Rather than   
   taking the bait, Blanche immediately went on the offensive, pointing out   
   a glaring omission in ABC's coverage.   
      
   "Conveniently missing from what you just showed, George, is the   
   appellate court and a judge on the appellate court who said just a few   
   days later there was clearly probable cause, and it wasn't even a close   
   question," Blanche explained. “So, and by the way, a grand jury, which   
   is what our system has set up to determine whether probable cause   
   exists, concluded that there was probable cause. That indictment is now   
   public. Everybody in this country can pull it up and read for themselves   
   and see what the grand jury found that, that Mr. Lemon did.”   
      
   While declining to comment on specific charges, Blanche pivoted to   
   address the broader issue. He challenged the notion that Lemon's actions   
   could be defended under the First Amendment, reminding viewers that   
   freedom of religion carries equal weight to any other constitutional   
   right.   
      
   “But it’s interesting that we talk about the First Amendment right. You   
   have a right of freedom of religion, which is just as important as any   
   other right that we have. And, George, I don't know if you've watched   
   the videos or read the indictment about what it's alleged that Mr. Lemon   
   did, but if anybody in this country thinks that that is, quote,   
   independent journalism, I would like to have a conversation with you,"   
   Blanche said pointedly.   
      
   Blanche then acknowledged that Lemon has competent legal representation   
   and the right to mount a defense in court. But he made clear that the   
   Department of Justice won't stand idly by when houses of worship are   
   disrupted, regardless of who commits the offense.   
      
   "Nobody in this country should feel comfortable storming into a church   
   while it's ongoing and disrupting that church service and thinking that   
   we're just gonna stand by and let that happen, because there is a   
   statute that does not allow that to happen," Blanche declared.   
      
   He drove the point home with a series of emphatic statements that left   
   no room for misinterpretation: "It doesn't matter if you happen to be a   
   former CNN journalist. It doesn't matter if you're a rioter. It doesn't   
   matter if you think you're peacefully protesting. You are not allowed to   
   do that."   
      
   The left has bizarre standards when it comes to justice. For them, “no   
   one is above the law” when it comes to Republicans, but when elected   
   Democrats or far-left media personalities are involved, suddenly there   
   are caveats and exceptions to this mantra. You can’t investigate a   
   Democrat governor for fraud. You can’t hold a former Democrat president   
   in contempt for failing to comply with a federal subpoena; you can’t   
   charge a left-wing journalist when he breaks the law.   
      
   Noticing a pattern here?   
      
   https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/02/01/deputy-ag-todd-blanche-annih   
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