Lemon, a former CNN anchor, has argued he was exercising his First Amendment rights as a journalist during the protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn.

*On Jan. 30, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attended independent journalist Don Lemon’s federal court appearance at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse following his arrest in Los Angeles by federal authorities for conduct tied to his reporting on a protest nearly 2,

Don Lemon has been released from federal custody after a short hearing in downtown Los Angeles Friday. Free on a no cash bond and able to travel domestically and internationally despite a just unsealed two-count indictment,

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

If he's convicted on all counts, Justice Department sentencing guidelines suggest he could be looking at more than ten years behind bars.

Lemon was taken into custody early Friday in Los Angeles while covering the upcoming Grammy Awards. His arrest is related to an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota last week.

The former CNN anchor was arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles after covering a Minneapolis church protest on Jan. 18

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles Thursday night while covering the Grammy Awards.