Don Lemon arrested on federal cost for Minnesota church protest

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening on federal charges related to his presence at an anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Lemon has maintained that he was observing the protest as a journalist conducting reporting.

The Justice Department initially tried to bring a case against Lemon last week but a judge rejected it.

An attorney for Lemon, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that his client was taken into custody in Los Angeles while covering the Grammy Awards.

“Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case,” Lowell said.

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Source: independent.co.uk