Iron sharpens iron: Don Lemon criminal case update.

Breaking News: It was a big week for new filings in Don Lemon’s criminal case. The Government filed 37 Oppositions to the defendants’ 101 pretrial motions. The Government seems headed for a trial victory. Will journalist co-defendant Georgia Fort flip on her ally Don Lemon? He has a stronger case, going into pretrial motions hearings on November 9th, than Georgia Fort does. Will anyone be offered a plea deal? I break it all down! 0:04 Big week for Court filings: Government files 37 Oppositions. 0:39 A plea deal may be the only chance that some journalist-defendants have to avoid conviction at trial. 0:52 Co-defendant Georgia Fort is in a precarious position, because she didn’t behave like a journalist during the pre-op briefing or the takeover-style attack on Cities Church. 1:54 Journalist co-defendant Shane Bollman’s portrayal of himself as a quiet observer may not help him. 2:24 Lemon and most of the co-defendants filed motions to suppress cellphone seizure and search. 2:35 Government probably will win the suppression hearings, and defendants understand that. 3:16 Lemon asks the Court to hear all of his pretrial motions on November 9th. 4:02 Lemon requests that the Court block out a full hour for testimony on his Motion to Suppress Cellphone Search. 4:50 The Government probably will prevail at the motions hearings. But both sides (Government and co-defendants) probably will come away energized. 5:16 Activist-defendants move to strike Government atty (Army JAG on 18-month detail to DOJ) from the case, for alleged violation of “Posse Comitatus Act (PCA).” 6:12 No violation of PCA, as Congress expressly authorized JAGs to conduct civil and criminal cases for the Government.