(AURN News) — Four people, including two journalists, were arrested following a protest at St. Paul Church against ICE enforcement.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent reporter Georgia Fort were taken into custody by federal agents, along with activist Trahern Crews and Hennepin County Attorney’s Office staffer Jamael Lundy.
Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, called the arrest an “unprecedented attack on the First Amendment.”
Charges remain unclear. U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi confirmed the arrests on social media as part of the administration’s response to the protest.
Georgia Fort recorded the encounter as federal agents arrived at her home.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door: pic.twitter.com/41VAPskkL8
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 30, 2026
“This is all stemming from the fact that I filmed a protest. We are supposed to have our constitutional right to film, to be a member of the press. I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press because now federal agents are at my door,” Fort said.
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