Bondi confirmed Friday in an initial social media post that Lemon was arrested at her “direction” alongside independent journalist Georgia Fort, Black Lives Matter Minnesota co-founder Trahern Jeen Crews and Hennepin County Attorney’s Office staffer Jamael Lydell Lundy. Lemon was in Los Angeles to cover the Grammys on Sunday when he was arrested. Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated PressThe vocal Trump critic was in Los Angeles preparing to cover the Grammys on Sunday when he was arrested. AdvertisementHis attorney, Abbe Lowell, noted in a statement that Lemon has been a journalist for 30 years and called the arrest an attack on the First Amendment. Lowell explained further that Lemon’s “constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2026 01:09 UTC