Disgraced ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles early Friday over the anti-ICE protest that stormed a Minneapolis church during Sunday service, according to his attorney and US Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

“Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents … in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards,” Lemon’s attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement shared with multiple reporters.

He was one of four people arrested by federal agents early Friday “in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” Bondi later confirmed in a statement.

Lemon spent the night in jail and is expected to make a first appearance in court sometime Friday, according to Brian Stelter, the chief media analyst for Lemon’s former network.

The US Attorney’s Office in California will handle Lemon’s bond hearing, which is expected at 2 p.m. local time Friday. The charges against him remain sealed.

His attorney maintained that the frequently fired correspondent was in Minneapolis as a journalist, making it “constitutionally protected work.”

“The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable,” said Lowell, who also represented disgraced former first son Hunter Biden.

“Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.”

Lemon, 59, was part of a group of dozens of protesters who disrupted Sunday worship at Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 18.

The others arrested Friday included award-winning journalist Georgia Fort.

It was not immediately clear what charges he is facing. However, Lemon has been accused of violating the Enforcement Act of 1871, which bans interference with certain civil rights, such as voting or serving on juries — or, in this case, the right to practice one’s religion.

Also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, it was originally created to prevent the racial terrorist group from paramilitary vigilantism.

Initially, Lemon tried to get out of facing criminal conspiracy charges by claiming he was “committing journalism” while taking part in the church disruption, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson on Tuesday. 

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“Whenever anyone conspires to violate the protected civil rights of American citizens, the Klan Act can be used to bring a conspiracy charge,” she said.

Dhillon has also said the DOJ was considering charging Lemon under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, a 1994 federal law that also covers interference with religious worship, as well as conspiracy statutes.

Just last week, a three-judge panel in a federal appellate court unanimously denied a request by the Trump administration to take Lemon and other protesters into custody.

One of the judges, Trump appointee Steven Graz, said he felt there was probable cause to justify the arrests but said in a statement the “government has failed to establish that it has no other adequate means of obtaining the requested relief.”

The Justice Department withdrew its request Monday for Minnesota Chief US District Judge Patrick Schiltz to issue arrests warrants.

They were charged by a grand jury on Thursday, according to CBS News.

While he’s denied being part of the demonstrators, video posted by Lemon himself before, during and after the church takeover showed he was very much part of the group, under the guise of “chronicling” the event as a reporter.

Before the group barged into the house of worship, Lemon filmed a segment admitting he had done some “reconnaissance” with the activists, which included members of Minnesota Black Lives Matter, who were milling about in a parking lot a few feet away.

“They’re planning an operation we’re going to follow them on. I can’t tell you exactly what they’re doing, but it’s called Operation Pull-Up,” he said.

“So that’s what we’re doing here, and after we do this operation, you’ll see it live, these operations are surprise operations. Again, I can’t tell you where they’re going,” he said.

The DOJ had initially sought to charge eight people, including Lemon, in connection with the demonstration, but a magistrate judge only signed off on charges against three protesters and directed the feds to seek a grand jury indictment of the remainder.

Local Black Lives Matter leader Chauntyll Louisa Allen, Nekima Levy Armstrong and William Kelly were each charged with conspiracy against rights by interfering with others’ freedom to worship.