Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
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Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Don LemonIndependent journalist and former CNN anchor scheduled as an upcoming guest
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
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 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 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
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
When Life Gives You Don LemonPod Save America · Mar 29, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
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