Coverage dated January 29, 2026

Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service

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Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service. The...

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  1. KING 5 Seattle

    Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service (opens KING 5 Seattle)

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    Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service. The...

  2. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Don Lemon arrested in Los Angeles in connection with Minnesota church protest, sources say (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC news has learned Don Lemon has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection with the Minnesota church incident, according to multiple sources.

  3. KAGS Bryan

    Journalist Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service (opens KAGS Bryan)

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    Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, said he has no affiliation to the group that went into the church, and he was there as a journalist chronicling protesters.

  4. Salon

    Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minneapolis (opens Salon)

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    Lemon was placed in custody in Los Angeles while covering the Grammys.

  5. East Idaho News

    Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest (opens East Idaho News)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and federal officials.

  6. WMUR

    Don Lemon arrested after Minnesota church service protest (opens WMUR)

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    Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service

  7. Mitchell Daily Republic

    Ex-CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested after church protest in St. Paul (opens Mitchell Daily Republic)

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    Lemon is charged with conspiring to deprive others of their civil rights and violating the FACE Act by allegedly obstructing access to a house of worship, according to a DOJ official.

  8. WSVN Miami

    Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in

  9. The Guardian

    The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one | Seth Stern (opens The Guardian)

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    Thursday’s arrests of Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort demonstrate the administration’s lawless crusade against routine journalism

  10. Black Enterprise

    Don Lemon Arrested After Anti-ICE Church Protest, Lawyer Calls It An 'Attack On The First Amendment' (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles two weeks after he reported on the front lines of an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minneapolis.

  11. Kokomo Tribune

    Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

  12. Rolling Stone

    Don Lemon Arrested After Filming Minneapolis Church Protest (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Don Lemon, the former CNN journalist, was arrested on Thursday after he covered a protest that interrupted a service at Cities Church in Minneapolis.

  13. Southern Minnesota

    BREAKING: Don Lemon arrested for involvement in church attack (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    (The Center Square) – Federal officials announced another series of arrests in connection with a protest that disrupted a Sunday morning church service in St. Paul on Jan. 18.

  14. The New Republic

    Trump’s ICE Agents Arrested Don Lemon. Then the Story Got Even Darker. (opens The New Republic)

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    Trump has been raging about the former CNN journalist. Attorney General Pam Bondi just had him arrested, a move one legal expert slammed as “highly irregular.”

  15. Truthout

    Federal Authorities Arrest Don Lemon Over Filming of Church Protest (opens Truthout)

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    Lemon’s lawyer called his arrest an “attack” on press freedom and a distraction from “crises” the administration faces.

  16. Newsweek

    Don Lemon arrested over Minnesota church anti-ICE protest (opens Newsweek)

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    Pam Bondi announced on X that the DOJ had detained Lemon, along with Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy.

  17. NewsBusters

    ‘What in the World’; CBS Flips Over Don Lemon Being Arrested for Role in Church Mob (opens NewsBusters)

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    Friday’s CBS Mornings was the only broadcast network to mention on a flagship morning newscast the breaking story of former CNN host-turned-far-left internet charlatan Don Lemon being arrested by the Justice Department for depriving a St.

  18. WHDH Boston

    Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was arrested in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents

  19. The Washington Free Beacon

    Don Lemon Arrested Over Role in Anti-ICE Church Storming (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon was arrested Thursday night in a federal criminal case following his involvement in an anti-ICE protest that stormed a Minnesota church earlier this month, his attorney and Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed.

  20. Advocate

    The racist, homophobic, and frightening arrest of Don Lemon (opens Advocate)

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    Opinion: It’s not a coincidence or an accident that Lemon and other Black journalists were targeted by the Trump Justice Department, writes John Casey.

  21. Blaze Media

    Don Lemon ARRESTED over apparent involvement in church invasion; Jim Acosta whines (opens Blaze Media)

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    Lemon appeared to join radicals in interrupting a church service and personally castigated the pastor.

  22. Forbes

    Reporter Don Lemon Arrested In Connection With Minnesota Church Protest (opens Forbes)

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    Don Lemon was arrested for his presence at a a protest in Minnesota, where he was covering the demonstration for his online news show.

  23. The Guardian

    Press freedom groups denounce arrests of two journalists including Don Lemon after Minnesota anti-ICE protest (opens The Guardian)

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    Groups say arrests of ex-CNN anchor and Georgia Fort are ‘extremely alarming’ and an ‘attack on the first amendment’

  24. Slate Magazine

    Don Lemon Got Arrested Over a Church Protest. It’s Not Just Any Church. (opens Slate Magazine)

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    The Trump administration is arresting journalists over a protest at a church. It turns out that church has some very powerful MAGA friends.

  25. Anchorage Daily News

    Journalist Don Lemon arrested over protest that disrupted Minnesota church service (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Lemon entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service Jan. 18. It is unclear what charges he is facing.

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