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   Several people charged in connection with a protest at a Minnesota   
   church whose pastor served as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement   
   official pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in a St. Paul federal   
   courtroom.   
      
   Journalist Don Lemon, who is being represented by former Assistant U.S.   
   Attorney Joe Thompson, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy against the   
   right of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring,   
   intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious   
   freedom at a place of worship.   
      
   Lemon's attorneys are also asking for the Department of Homeland   
   Security to return his seized cellphone. In Friday's hearing, Judge   
   Douglas Micko lobbied federal prosecutors to return the phone, but they   
   claim they're still processing a search warrant.   
      
   Local activists Chauntyll Allen and Nekima Levy Armstrong and two others   
   also pleaded not guilty during Friday's hearing.   
      
   "For 30 years, I've been a journalist, and the power and protection of   
   the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my work. The First   
   Amendment, the freedom of the press is the bedrock of our democracy,"   
   Lemon said after the hearing. "People are finally realizing what this   
   administration is all about. The process is the punishment with them. I   
   will not be intimidated. I will not back down. I will fight these   
   baseless charges and I will not be silenced."   
      
   Court documents say the group interrupted services at Cities Church in   
   St. Paul, Minnesota, last month. The protesters targeted the church   
   because one of its pastors, David Easterwood, also led the local ICE   
   office.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/don-lemon-nekima-levy-armstrong-st   
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