Read our Privacy noticeFormer CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening on federal charges related to his presence at an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church. A federal magistrate judge and federal appeals court initially rejected the Justice Department’s attempts to charge Lemon. open image in gallery Don Lemon, who is working as an independent journalist, was arrested by federal agents for his alleged roll in a protest at a Minnesota church. The former CNN anchor live-streamed the church protest as part of his coverage of Minneapolis demonstrations. “Because now federal agents are at my door arresting me for filming the church protest a few weeks ago.”It is unclear what the charges are against Fort as well.