CNN: Don Lemon Arrested on Charges Connected to a Minnesota Church Protest

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SCANNELL: "Sara, that‘s right. We had reported that earlier this week that the magistrate judge had rejected an attempt by DoJ to bring criminal charges against Don Lemon. What we have learned is that last night in Los Angeles, in the 11:00 hour, Don Lemon was arrested in the hotel lobby in Beverly Hills and taken into custody. Now, it is not clear at this time what he is charged with or if he is charged in a criminal complaint, or if he is charged in an indictment which would have been returned by a grand jury. But it does appear to be connected to that because, as we reported earlier this week, the Attorney General Pam Bondi was livid that lemon was not charged at the time it appeared that they were going to continue to try to bring charges against him. And now we know that lemon was arrested last night in Los Angeles, where he was in town to cover the Grammys. I do have a statement from his attorney, Abbe Lowell, and it says in part, 'Don has been a journalist for 30 years and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work. Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case.'”