Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Don Lemon’s Arrest Is Part of a Larger Pattern

February 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

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“They got Don???”

Those were the three words texted to me Friday morning from a friend about the arrest of former CNN anchor, Don Lemon. This friend, a middle-school teacher, is not a political junkie who typically follows what comes out of President Donald Trump’s Washington.