"Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement posted on social media. Last week, the Trump administration sought to charge several people including Lemon after protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul, where an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor. A judge declined to approve Lemon's arrest, citing a lack of evidence."
"Fort said in the post that she had filmed the protest at the same church as a journalist. Lemon had live-streamed the demonstration and said he was there as a journalist. But U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on X that the church was "a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service. You are on notice.""
Federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and two others over a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul. Lemon was taken into custody in Los Angeles while covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell said. Authorities sought charges after protesters entered the church. Three people were charged under a law barring obstruction of places of worship or abortion clinics. Fort posted a video saying agents were at her door and that she filmed the protest as a journalist. Lemon live-streamed the demonstration and said he attended as a journalist. An Assistant Attorney General said the church is protected by federal law and that the First Amendment does not shield disruptive pseudo-journalism.
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