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Defending the federal government’s decision to arrest former CNN host Don Lemon, controversial ex‑Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday said Lemon’s actions during an anti‑ICE protest were not protected press activity but crossed into “activism”.

Democrats question redactions and whether Trump officials are holding back more documents

Lemon was arrested on Thursday evening in Los Angeles

Groups say arrests of ex-CNN anchor and Georgia Fort are ‘extremely alarming’ and an ‘attack on the first amendment’

The arrest of the 59-year-old anchor, who once stood at the apex of news media, has thrust him back into the spotlight

The US Justice Department on Friday said that it has begun releasing a massive tranche of records linked to the investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The department said that it would make public more than three million pages of documents, along with 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

A US federal judge has stopped prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the killing of Brian Thompson. The judge dismissed the federal murder charge, finding it technically flawed. This decision means the jury cannot consider capital punishment. Mangione still faces federal stalking charges.

Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, has said he has no affiliation to the organisation that went into the church and that he was there as a journalist chronicling protesters.

Former chief was sounded out about applying for his old job but said he was committed to CNN, it is understood

Lemon and three others charged with civil rights crimes, DoJ says, as White House celebrates arrest on social media

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in connection with his presence at a Minnesota church protest, his lawyer Abbe Lowell confirmed. Lemon’s lawyer said the independent journalist was taken into custody on Thursday night in Los Angeles. “Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal…