Former CNN host Don Lemon was taken into federal custody late Thursday night in Los Angeles, according to a statement released by his lawyer.
Lemon was in Los Angeles covering the Grammy Awards when federal agents arrested him, his attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement shared on X.
The attorney for Don Lemon — the former CNN anchor turned independent journalist — confirms he has been taken into custody by federal agents.
Attorney Abbe Lowell calls it an “unprecedented attack on the First Amendment.” pic.twitter.com/9tkAxAnmhh
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The arrest stems from Lemon’s role in the disruption of a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 18 amid ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities
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