CNN defended former network host Don Lemon after he was arrested over his anti-ICE protest coverage, calling it a threat to press freedom and First Amendment rights.

A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St.

Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney said.

Don Lemon has been arrested after covering an ICE protest in Minnesota as an independent journalist. Here's what to know about his post-CNN career.

Don Lemon has said he was reporting on the protest as a journalist. His lawyer called the arrest an "attack on the First Amendment."

By Jane Ross, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon entered a not guilty plea on Friday to federal charges over his role covering a protest at a Minnesota church against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown,

Lemon was arrested on Thursday evening in Los Angeles

CNN's Dana Bash grilled Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche about the arrest of her former colleague Don Lemon in a showdown interview.

By Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested for his involvement in a protest at a church, his lawyer and a Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday.

Dana Bash pushes Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on the arrest of former CNN journalist Don Lemon and the FBI’s search of a Georgia election office. Blanche also responds to criticism about the Department of Justice’s release of the Epstein files.