BREAKING: Don Lemon ARRESTED!

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 522 minutes

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STATEMENT FROM ABBE LOWELL, ATTORNEY FOR DON LEMON Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards. 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. This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone.
0:03.0	Thank you for joining us, Lemon Nation. I'm Monique Presley. I am guest hosting this morning for our friend, our brother, our journalist, who we all have been able to count on for the past three decades, Don Lemon. You know, guys, that I'm here with you frequently and often, and one of the things
0:39.9	that we always talk about is the importance of independent media. We talk about how much it's
0:45.0	necessary for us to support those who are out doing the work every single day. And that support
0:51.8	is needed more than ever today for independent journalists like Don, who I'm honored to guest host for this morning, and like Georgia Fort, who was also arrested last night.
1:03.3	The information that we have so far, and we'll be sharing as much as we can with you throughout this hour, is that Don was arrested late last night in Los Angeles.
1:14.4	He's there, as you all know, for the Grammys.
1:17.4	He is scheduled to be live on the red carpet covering Grammy events.
1:22.0	And he was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles around midnight.
1:28.3	And he has released the following statement through his attorney, Abby Lowell.
1:33.3	Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles,
1:37.3	where he was covering the Grammy Awards.
1:39.3	Don has been a journalist for 30 years.
1:42.3	And his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis
1:45.3	was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect
1:50.5	journalists whose role is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.
1:57.2	There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work.
2:02.4	Instead of investigating the federal agents who kill two peaceful Minnesota protesters,
2:07.1	the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention, and resources to this arrest.
2:13.9	And that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case.
2:18.5	This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand.
2:30.4	Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.
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