Chapter 1: What happened with Don Lemon's arrest?
Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon gets arrested. The DOJ releases roughly 3 million more pages related to Jeffrey Epstein. And Trump announces his pick for chair of the Federal Reserve. I'm Georgia Howe. John Bickley is off this afternoon. It's Friday, January 30th, and this is Evening Wire.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday night while covering the Grammy Awards. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Ter has the details.
Lemon was arrested allegedly for violating the law in his role in an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church earlier this month. Lemon had joined a group of leftist rioters for a January 18th protest organized and promoted by the Racial Justice Network and Black Lives Matter Minnesota. Here he is confronting the church pastor during the protest.
Listen, we live in a, there's a constitution in the first amendment to freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest. We're here to worship. We're here to worship Jesus because that's the hope of these cities. That's the hope of the world is Jesus Christ. I want to be very respectful. Please don't push me though. The mob targeted City's church in St.
Paul because one of its pastors allegedly worked with ICE. President Donald Trump said that those behind the protests, quote, should be thrown in jail.
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Chapter 2: What new information has been released about Jeffrey Epstein?
And his administration roundly rejected Lemon's claim that his activities were protected under the First Amendment. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the Justice Department would, quote, pursue Lemon to the ends of the earth.
ICE says the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis is shielding an illegal immigrant with a criminal record, allowing him to evade ICE arrest. Officials say Jorge Miguel Bravo Ireles fled the Ecuadorian consulate Tuesday as agents attempted to arrest him. Authorities say his record includes a DUI conviction, a sexual assault arrest, and multiple assault cases.
ICE says agents did not enter the consulate but accused staff of blocking the arrest. Bravo Urales remains at large. Ecuador's government called the incident an attempted incursion and filed a diplomatic protest, saying consular officials acted to protect the facility. Blake and Riley's killer, Jose Ibarra, is seeking a new trial.
His lawyers claim he was not mentally competent to stand trial in 2024.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Don Lemon's protest involvement?
Here's Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake with the developing story.
Abara is currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty on all 10 counts in November 2024 for the killing of Lakin Riley. The illegal immigrant attacked Riley, who was 22 at the time, while she was running on the University of Georgia campus. Prosecutors say Riley died in the violent struggle.
Ibarra is scheduled to appear Friday in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court in Georgia. Ibarra's attorneys have already obtained a mental evaluation as part of the appeals process and will make arguments before Judge Patrick Haggard, who presided over the original case and handed down the maximum sentence.
The hearing today will focus on whether alleged errors during the original proceedings justify a new trial.
A federal judge in New York has dismissed the federal murder charges against Luigi Mangione, which means the death penalty is now off the table. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the details.
he still faces a state murder charge and two federal counts of stalking.
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Chapter 4: Who did Trump nominate to chair the Federal Reserve?
Lawyers for Mangione argued that the prosecution didn't properly show an underlying violent crime, which is needed for the firearm-related federal murder charge. Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Point Blank Range in New York after traveling from out of state to commit the alleged murder.
Prosecutors claimed the underlying crime was stalking, but the defense argued that stalking doesn't always involve violence, which is how they got the charge dismissed. The defense also requested to block evidence found in Mangione's backpack, including a gun and notes criticizing the health insurance industry, but that was rejected by the judge.
Mangione was arrested five days after the shooting at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania after being recognized from a wanted poster. His federal trial is expected to begin in September.
The DOJ has released another massive tranche of records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says roughly 3 million pages of material are being made public today, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. Blanch was asked about whether the identities of those guilty of abusing the women are within these documents. Here's what he said.
There's this built-in assumption that somehow there's this hidden tranche of information of men that we know about. that we're covering up or that we're choosing not to prosecute, that is not the case.
Officials say some records remain sealed to protect victims and block the release of child sexual abuse material. The disclosure follows the Epstein Files Transparency Act sign into law last year, requiring unclassified records to be released. The Justice Department says more documents are still under review and additional releases are expected.
A judge sentenced a man to prison on Thursday for falsely claiming to have shot Charlie Kirk moments after the conservative activist was assassinated. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the details.
71-year-old George Zinn was sentenced with up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, he was charged on one third-degree felony charge of obstruction of justice and two second-degree felony charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Immediately following the September assassination of Kirk, Zinn falsely claimed to have shot the conservative commentator. The Utah County Sheriff's Office said Zinn began to yell, quote, "'I shot him, now shoot me.'" As Zen was detained, law enforcement asked him for the murder weapon. When they searched him, law enforcement found child sexual abuse materials on his phone.
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