What Don Lemon has said about Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871

Lemon maintains that being present in the church with protesters does not make him a protester rather than a journalist.

“just because I was in a church with protesters does not make me a protester”

Pod Save America: When Life Gives You Don Lemon (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 11:21

Lemon says the decision to charge him under the Klan Act was deliberate and that everything this administration does is calculated.

“Is it a deliberate play? Yes, of course it is. I mean, everything is calculated with this administration”

Pod Save America: When Life Gives You Don Lemon (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 14:29

Lemon says prosecutors were turned down by multiple judges before taking the case to a grand jury.

“I think it was like three different tries or two or three different tries. And everyone said, no, we're not doing this. And then they took it to a grand jury”

Pod Save America: When Life Gives You Don Lemon (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 28:08

Lemon predicts he will ultimately prevail in the case against him.

“I still think that at the end of the day, it's going to be, I'm going to end up on top. I'm going to end up the winner in this”

Pod Save America: When Life Gives You Don Lemon (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 28:55