'Will not stop now': Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon vows to fight after arrest over Minnesota protest charge

Journalist Don Lemon vowed to continue reporting the news in remarks outside a Los Angeles federal courthouse on Friday (January 30). "I have spent my entire covering the news. I will not stop now," Lemon said. "In fact, there is no more important time than right now, this very moment, for a free and independent media that shines a light on the truth and holds those in power accountable." Lemon entered a not guilty plea to federal charges over his role covering a protest at a Minnesota church against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, the Republican administration's latest move against a critic. A magistrate judge ordered Lemon released to await trial, after a night in custody following his arrest late on Thursday (January 29) by the FBI.