Don Lemon, the previous NCS anchor, was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday evening.
Lemon’s arrest comes after protesters interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He has stated that he was reporting as a journalist when he entered the Cities Church on January 18. Protesters stated that one of many church’s pastors additionally labored for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In an announcement, Lemon’s lawyer stated he was taken into custody by federal brokers in Los Angeles, the place he was overlaying the Grammy awards.
“Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done,” he added.
“Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.”
Attorney General Pamela Bondi confirmed Lemon’s arrest in a publish on X.
“At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” she wrote.
The Trump administration sought to cost eight folks in relation to the Cities Church incident, citing a legislation defending folks in a service at a home of worship.
The New York Times reported {that a} Justice of the Peace decide rejected expenses towards 5 of the folks, together with Lemon, on account of inadequate proof.
The day after the incident, President Donald Trump shared a screenshot of an X publish on his Truth Social calling for Lemon to be imprisoned.
In a Monday Truth Social publish, President Donald Trump shared a hyperlink to a information article that stated a federal appeals courtroom declined to order a decide to signal arrest warrants for the 5.
The Department of Justice couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.