"I was walking up to the room and I pressed the elevator button, and then all of a sudden, I feel myself being jostled and people trying to grab me and put me in handcuffs, the independent journalist said on Monday on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show. He asked the agents who they were and said they identified themselves. Lemon asked to see a warrant and was told they didn't have it."
"A grand jury in Minnesota indicted Lemon; Georgia Fort, another independent journalist; and others on charges of conspiracy and interfering with worshippers' constitutional rights to freely exercise their religion during the 18 January protest at the Cities church in St Paul, where a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official is a pastor. Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023 following a bumpy run as a morning host, has said he had no affiliation to the group that disrupted the Sund"
About a dozen federal agents went to Don Lemon's Los Angeles hotel to arrest him overnight on 30 January. Lemon's attorney had told authorities he would turn himself in to face federal civil rights charges connected to coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service. Lemon said agents jostled him, tried to handcuff him, and initially could not produce a warrant; an FBI agent later showed a warrant on a cellphone. A grand jury indicted Lemon, Georgia Fort and others on conspiracy and interference with worshippers' constitutional rights. Lemon plans to plead not guilty and says he had no affiliation with the protest group.
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