After being detained for around 12 hours, Lemon was released without bail and is expected to plead not guilty to charges of conspiracy against religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating, and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship, PEOPLE previously reported.

Don Lemon quoted the Bible and cast himself as a persecuted journalist after his arrest on federal charges tied to an anti-ICE protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church.

Don Lemon attended the 2026 Grammy Awards Sunday night, just days after being released following his arrest linked to a Minnesota protest.

Lemon was arrested by U.S. agents days after covering an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul, Minn., church. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi called the protest a "coordinated attack."

Former CNN host Don Lemon was taken into custody for his role in the left-wing protest that took over a Minnesota church, his attorney said in a statement.

Don Lemon’s attorney says his arrest over coverage of a Minnesota church protest is an unprecedented attack on press freedom.

Experts said the church protest and fallout over the arrests of journalists who covered it are among many First Amendment challenges in Minnesota.

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

The anchorman, who was arrested over a protest in Minnesota, told an audience in Manhattan, “I’m not going to let them turn me around,” and sang lines from a civil rights era freedom song.

The arrest of Lemon, a journalist covering the protest, has sparked major controversy

Temple University senior Jerome Richardson faces federal charges for allegedly helping journalist Don Lemon with an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota.