00:00U.S. journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon and three others were arrested on Friday
00:06in connection with an anti-ice protest that disrupted service at a Minnesota church.
00:12Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards,
00:17according to his attorney.
00:19It's unclear what charges Lemon and the others are facing in the 18 January protest at City's church in St. Paul.
00:26In a post on X, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the arrest,
00:32saying Lemon was directly involved with what she called a, quote,
00:35coordinated attack on the church.
00:38Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, said he had no affiliation with the organization that went into the church
00:45and that he was just there as a journalist covering the story.
00:49His arrest came after a magistrate judge rejected prosecutors' initial bid to charge him last week,
00:55pending sufficient evidence.
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