Former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges stemming from his involvement in a protest at a Minnesota church, while the head of global ports operator DP World resigned amid scrutiny over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, in Arizona, the Pima County Sheriff defended his department's handling of the Nancy Guthrie missing person case, and in Hungary, an opposition leader accused rivals of planning blackmail ahead of the upcoming election.
Lemon was arraigned on charges related to the takeover of St. Paul's Cities Church by anti-ICE agitators, according to Fox News. He was charged with conspiracy to deprive religious freedom rights and a violation of the FACE Act. Prosecutors did not seek to detain Lemon. Lemon had livestreamed the church storming last month, which occurred under the suspicion that the pastor had collaborated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lemon later spoke about his arrest at a Human Rights Campaign event, comparing it to civil rights protests, as reported by Fox News.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's resignation from DP World came after the release of files that showed he exchanged hundreds of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over a decade, according to BBC Business. The BBC approached Sulayem for comment, but did not receive a response. DP World announced his resignation "effective immediately" on Friday, naming Essa Kazim as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as chief executive.
In Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos denied reports of friction between his office and the FBI in the Nancy Guthrie case, Fox News reported. Nanos stated that his department did not recover a glove from Guthrie's home and forcefully denied claims of non-cooperation with federal authorities. "We have no glove. We never found a glove on that property," Nanos told Fox News Correspondent Matt Finn. However, a high-profile forensic geology company criticized the Pima County Sheriff's Department for sending critical evidence in the case to a private lab in Florida instead of the FBI, according to Fox News. "This is so devastating," said Othram co-founder Kristen Mittelman.
In Hungary, opposition leader Peter Magyar accused his rivals of planning to blackmail him with a secretly recorded sex tape ahead of the election, according to BBC World. Magyar, who leads long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the polls, said he suspected there were plans to release a tape of him from August 2024, when he says he engaged in consensual sex with a now ex-girlfriend at a party. He is filing a complaint with authorities.
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