“The government should not be permitted to use criminal prosecutions to chill journalism disfavored by the President,” his lawyers wrote. Prosecutors allege Lemon and another independent journalist were part of a “takeover-style attack” of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lemon has said repeatedly, including during his live-stream, that he was at the church to document the demonstration. “The law has long recognized that bearing witness is not the same as taking part,” his lawyers wrote. It would end much of investigative reporting as we know it,” his lawyers wrote in a motion.