{"id":445267,"date":"2026-02-02T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445267\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:44:08","slug":"the-view-host-ana-navarro-says-trump-picked-the-wrong-guy-to-arrest-in-don-lemon-has-the-courage-and-has-the-money-to-fight-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445267\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The View\u2019 Host Ana Navarro Says Trump Picked the Wrong Guy to Arrest in Don Lemon: \u2018Has the Courage and Has the Money\u2019 to Fight | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Trump administration sent federal agents to arrest journalist Don Lemon<\/a> last week, despite a judge refusing to approve federal charges against him<\/a> just a week earlier, Lemon is now released. And \u201cThe View\u201d host Ana Navarro thinks the president should be worried, because they \u201cpicked on the wrong guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discussing the arrest during Monday\u2019s Hot Topics, the ABC hosts largely scoffed at the move, calling it a tactic \u201cto send a chilling message to anybody who is covering facts.\u201d Navarro shredded the administration once again for \u201cgaslighting\u201d voters, and being \u201cafraid\u201d of truth getting out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think they picked on the wrong guy, because Don Lemon is not going to play dead,\u201d she said. \u201cDon Lemon has the wherewithal, has the structure, has the team, has the courage and has the money to fight this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he\u2019s going to take it as far as it goes,\u201d Navarro continued.<\/p>\n

Host Sunny Hostin readily agreed with that and, citing her experience as a former federal prosecutor once again, made an educated guess about how Lemon\u2019s case will go in the legal system.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what happens next is that he will have his day in court, and I suspect that this case will be thrown out,\u201d she said. \u201cThis case doesn\u2019t have any merit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hostin conceded that she is close friends with Lemon herself, but picked apart the idea that he was impeding any rights, which is what he was charged with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been with Don in Ferguson. I\u2019ve been with Don on the ground in South Carolina. Don is a journalist,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s an on-the-ground journalist. He has been pepper sprayed, he has been tear gassed, and he was getting the story, and nothing should have gotten in the way of that. He had a microphone with him, he had a cameraman with him, and he was practicing journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can watch the full discussion from \u201cThe View\u201d in the video above.<\/p>\n

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