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40. Also arrested Georgia Fort - journalist who filmed it on Facebook

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:26 PM

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BREAKING: A new video is released by Georgia Fort of the moment when Trump's agents showed up at her door to arrest her.

Fort is an independent Twin Cities journalist. She was arrested filming and reporting on a protest at a St. Paul church.

Fort had already been arrested once before by federal agents for covering the same protest.

This is Trump’s America.

Like Don Lemon, Georgia Fort was arrested for journalism. When the federal government starts arresting reporters simply for documenting events of public concern, it sends a chilling message to every journalist in this country.

The First Amendment does not belong to Donald Trump or his administration. It exists to protect the press, to hold power accountable, and to ensure the public knows what is being done in its name. Arresting journalists for reporting is authoritarian behavior and we must call it out every time it happens”

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