{"id":2558379,"date":"2026-01-30T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:01:19","slug":"don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Indicted By Grand Jury For Terrorizing Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2558379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-indicts-white-police-officer-in-shooting-death-of-andre-hill-an-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Grand Jury Indicts White Pol... Off...r In Shooting Death Of Andre Hill, An Unarmed Black Man\">grand jury indicted<\/a> former CNN host Don Lemon over his role in a leftist-led storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Federal agents arrested Lemon\u2014along with Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy\u2014after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment follows Lemon\u2019s livestreamed participation in the disruption, which protesters said targeted the church as they believed a pastor was affiliated with ICE. Video and reports say Lemon pressed the church\u2019s lead pastor on camera and earlier suggested he had some foreknowledge of the planned disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon\u2019s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said Lemon was detained after covering the Grammy Awards and framed his actions as constitutionally protected journalism, promising to fight the charges and criticizing the Justice Department\u2019s priorities. Lemon also publicly dared authorities to arrest him and made comments accusing the church of entitlement and white supremacy. Bondi said additional details about the arrests will be released soon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JTVjoczqZ1o\">Entertainment Tonight\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/30\/disgraced-former-cnn-hack-don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians-at-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Disgraced%20Former%20CNN%20Hack%20Don%20Lemon%20Indicted%20By%20Grand%20Jury%20For%20Terrorizing%20Christians%20At%20Worship&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/30\/disgraced-former-cnn-hack-don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians-at-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Disgraced%20Former%20CNN%20Hack%20Don%20Lemon%20Indicted%20By%20Grand%20Jury%20For%20Terrorizing%20Christians%20At%20Worship&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/30\/disgraced-former-cnn-hack-don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians-at-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/30\/disgraced-former-cnn-hack-don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians-at-worship\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Disgraced%20Former%20CNN%20Hack%20Don%20Lemon%20Indicted%20By%20Grand%20Jury%20For%20Terrorizing%20Christians%20At%20Worship&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/30\/disgraced-former-cnn-hack-don-lemon-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-terrorizing-christians-at-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In a step toward accountability, a grand jury indicted former CNN host Don Lemon over his involvement in a leftist-led storming of a Minnesota church earlier this month. The indictment led to Lemon&rsquo;s arrest at the hands of federal authorities on Friday morning. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At my direction, early this morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a> arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,&rdquo; Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2017238803639845115?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-671007873\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lemon&rsquo;s attorney Abbe Lowell also confirmed the arrest of his client. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/2017227791406641401?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>, Lowell claimed that Lemon was detained Thursday evening while covering the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California and that his &ldquo;constitutionally protected&rdquo; conduct in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aforementioned church storming &#038;ldquo<\/a>;was no different than what he has always done&rdquo; as a media figure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.&nbsp; There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work,&rdquo; Lowell said. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/22\/feds-arrest-anti-ice-agitators-over-coordinated-attack-on-minnesota-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feds Arrest Anti-ICE Agitators Over &lsquo;Coordinated Attack&rsquo; On Minnesota Church<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes after Lemon livestreamed his participation in a leftist-led storming of St. Paul&rsquo;s Cities Church earlier this month. The agitators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baptistpress.com\/resource-library\/news\/ice-protestors-disrupt-minnesota-worship-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> believed one of the church&rsquo;s pastors was a member of ICE.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2013025026623316168?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harassed<\/a> the church&rsquo;s head pastor about why he wasn&rsquo;t on board with allowing the left-wing anarchists to disrupt his congregation&rsquo;s worship service. Despite claiming afterwards that he has &ldquo;no affiliation to that organization&rdquo; and &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t even know they were going to this church until we followed them there,&rdquo; the former CNN host seemingly telegraphed his knowledge of what the disruptors were planning to do ahead of the incident. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s happening. We kind of do, but we don&rsquo;t know how it&rsquo;s going to play out &hellip; we&rsquo;ll get to see what happens after this, sort of surprise,&rdquo; Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/don-lemon-taken-into-custody-involvement-livestreaming-protest-minnesota-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> told viewers in video posted to YouTube. &ldquo;We just found out about this this morning. &hellip; I&rsquo;m just trying to figure out if it&rsquo;s best for me to go inside so I can tell what happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lemon would later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/don-lemon-taken-into-custody-involvement-livestreaming-protest-minnesota-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dare<\/a> federal authorities to arrest him for his participation in the disruption and turn him &ldquo;into the new Jimmy Kimmel.&rdquo; He also seemingly smeared Cities Church as being rooted in &ldquo;white supremacy&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2026\/01\/25\/evangelical-church-complains-about-anti-ice-invasion-due-entitlement-white-supremacy-don-lemon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during an appearance<\/a> on a left-wing podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a certain degree of racism there and there&rsquo;s a certain degree of entitlement,&rdquo; Lemon said. &ldquo;I think people who are, you know, in religious groups like that &mdash; it&rsquo;s not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they&rsquo;re entitled and that that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a white supremacy, and they think that this country was built for them, that it is a Christian country, when actually we left England because we wanted religious freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s religious freedom, but only if you&rsquo;re a Christian and only if you&rsquo;re a white male, pretty much,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details surrounding Lemon&rsquo;s arrest will be made public &ldquo;soon,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2017238803639845115?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bondi<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 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