Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was released on Friday after being arrested late on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in Minnesota earlier this month. Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Lemon, said Lemon was “taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards”. A network spokesperson said: “The FBI’s arrest of our former CNN colleague Don Lemon raises profoundly concerning questions about press freedom and the first amendment. “Don Lemon is a professional journalist,” she said. In a video posted on his online show’s YouTube channel, Lemon attended a protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service.

Source: CNN January 30, 2026 17:12 UTC