Frequently fired lefty news commentator Don Lemon was caught off guard by his arrest Thursday night at a swanky Los Angeles hotel in connection with his participation in a violent takeover of a Minnesota church service, law enforcement sources tell The Post.
Lemon, 59, who was in town covering the Grammy awards, was arrested by Department of Homeland Security and FBI agents in an elevator at the Beverly Hilton and taken into custody.
Lemon was arrested at the Beverly Hilton early Friday. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHe was brought to the downtown Los Angeles Homeland Security Investigations field office and interviewed before being brought to the federal courthouse nearby.
The arrest came hours after he was spotted at a swanky pre-Grammys soiree at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel rubbing elbows with celebs like singer Brandy and rapper Busta Rhymes.
The disgraced former CNN anchor-turned-activist was one of four people arrested by federal agents early Friday “in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” Attorney General Pam Bondi later confirmed in a statement.
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The ex-CNN host was in an elevator at the hotel when agents apprehended him. California PostLemon filmed himself meeting with the group of agitators – which included a local Black Lives Member chapter – just before the group stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 18.
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Department of Homeland security agents took Lemon into custody. @TheDonLemonShow/YouTubeUnder the paper-thin guise of covering the church takeover as a journalist, Lemon proceeded to stick his microphone in the face of several parishioners and the pastor, who asked him to leave. Lemon spent the night in jail and is expected to make his first court appearance Friday afternoon. He was due to be on the red carpet to cover the awards on Sunday.
Justice Department officials tried to issue arrest warrants for Lemon after the protest, only to be repeatedly shot down by federal judges.
But a federal grand jury ultimately indicted Lemon on the charges of conspiracy to deprive rights and interfering with First Amendment rights, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair posted on X.
He’s also charged with a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, a 1994 federal law that deals with access to health clinics but also covers interference with religious worship, according to law enforcement sources.
