Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was formally arraigned on Friday, pleading not guilty to charges related to the viral takeover of a Minnesota church by anti-ICE agitators. 

Lemon, who last month livestreamed aggressive agitators storming St. Paul’s Cities Church under the suspicion that its pastor had collaborated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was charged with conspiracy to deprive religious freedom rights and a violation of the FACE Act.

Prosecutors did not seek to detain Lemon, who flashed peace signs to photographers as he entered the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse alongside his legal team and husband Tim Malone. He appeared before Minnesota Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko, who imposed standard release conditions, including not violating laws. 

DON LEMON TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LIVESTREAMING PROTEST AT MINNESOTA CHURCH

Lemon’s legal team said it planned to file a joint motion for grand jury proceeding and has “serious concerns” about the statues of the allegation. Lemon’s legal team also requested the return of a cell phone taken during his arrest. 

“I will require that if Mr. Lemon’s phone has been seized and is no longer of evidentiary value that it will be returned,” the judge said. 

Prosecutors said the phone is in the custody of the DHS, and a search warrant has been obtained, but the process is not complete, and they are not ready to hand it over. 

Lemon was arraigned alongside far-left agitators including William Kelly and Nekima Levy Armstrong, who have been accused of helping organize the church takeover. All five people arraigned on Friday pleaded not guilty. 

Lemon has insisted he was working as a journalist and was not part of the group that harassed churchgoers. He is represented by Abbe Lowell, who previously represented Hunter Biden, and Joe Thompson, who was the lead prosecutor who helped uncover the massive $250 million Feeding Our Future food fraud case tied to the state’s Somali community. Thompson resigned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in January. 

While documenting the hostile invasion of the church, Lemon called it a “clandestine mission.”

“You have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That’s what this country is about,” Lemon said.

DON LEMON RESPONDS TO TRUMP DOJ’S THREAT, STANDS BY COVERAGE OF ANTI-ICE PROTEST AT MINNESOTA CHURCH

Agitators disrupted the religious service and “intimidated, harassed, oppressed, and terrorized the parishioners, including young children, and caused the service to be cut short,” according to a federal affidavit. 

Churchgoers told law enforcement that members of their parish attempted to retrieve their children from a childcare area located downstairs, but the agitators were blocking the stairs, and the parents were unable to get to their children. One churchgoer later expressed fear that the agitators may have guns underneath their jackets and noted that aisles were blocked, making it difficult to leave. 

Lemon has seen a spike in social media subscribers, appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and been feted at the Grammy Awards since his arrest. “The Don Lemon Show” streamed on YouTube as scheduled with Lemon broadcasting from Minnesota before the arraignment.

“I believe this is bigger than me, this is about the First Amendment and freedom of the press,” he told viewers. 

DON LEMON’S LENGTHY HISTORY OF ANTI-ICE RHETORIC

The FACE Act makes it a federal crime, with potentially steep fines and jail time, to use or threaten to use force to “injure, intimidate, or interfere” with a person seeking reproductive health services, or with a person lawfully trying to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. It also prohibits intentional property damage to a facility providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship.

Fox News Media’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Brooke Taylor contributed to this report. 

The “Dancing with the Stars” touring show is scheduled to visit Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, February 24.

The “Dancing with the Stars: Live!” season 34 cast tour is now underway. The nearly 90-show trek began January 22 in Akron, Ohio, and is still to hit Radio City Music Hall in New York; Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Hippodrome Performing Arts Center in Baltimore as well as The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland; and the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh before taking the stage at the Fox Theatre Detroit on February 24. The production will return to Michigan on Sunday, March 8 for a show at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, and is even set to circle back for a second date at the Fox later this spring (May 8).

‘Dancing with the Stars: Live!’ to visit Detroit & Grand Rapids in 2026, how to get tickets

Featured on the “Dancing with the Stars: Live!” lineup are co-hosts Danielle Fishel, Andy Richter, Elaine Hendrix, and Emma Slater, as well as special guest stars Alix Earle, Dylan Efron, Jordan Chiles, and season 34 title holder Robert Irwin. Pros performing throughout the tour include Val Chmerkovskiy, Britt Stewart, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov, Ezra Sosa, Hailey Bills, and latest Mirrorball winner Witney Carson.

How to get tickets:

Shop official tickets via Ticketmaster and dwtstour.com/dates. Fans can also browse available listings on secondary markets like SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, and StubHub.

“Dancing with the Stars: Live! – 2026 Tour”

Sat, Feb 14 — New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Newark, NJ

Sun, Feb 15 — Radio City Music Hall; New York, NY **

Tue, Feb 17 — Wind Creek Event Center; Bethlehem, PA

Wed, Feb 18 — Wind Creek Event Center; Bethlehem, PA

Thu, Feb 19 — Hippodrome Performing Arts Center; Baltimore, MD

Fri, Feb 20 — The Theater at MGM National Harbor; Oxon Hill, MD

Sat, Feb 21 — The Theater at MGM National Harbor; Oxon Hill, MD

Sun, Feb 22 — Petersen Events Center; Pittsburgh, PA

Tue, Feb 24 — Fox Theatre Detroit; Detroit, MI

Wed, Feb 25 — Murat Theatre at Old National Centre; Indianapolis, IN

Thu, Feb 26 — Stephens Auditorium; Ames, IA

Fri, Feb 27 — Stifel Theatre; St. Louis, MO

Sat, Feb 28 — Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center; Cincinnati, OH

Sun, Mar 1 — Prairie Home Alliance Theater; Peoria, IL

Tue, Mar 3 — Miller High Life Theatre; Milwaukee, WI

Wed, Mar 4 — Armory; Minneapolis, MN

Thu, Mar 5 — Music Hall Kansas City; Kansas City, MO

Fri, Mar 6 — Rosemont Theatre; Rosemont, IL

Sat, Mar 7 — Rosemont Theatre; Rosemont, IL **

Sun, Mar 8 — DeVos Performance Hall; Grand Rapids, MI

Tue, Mar 10 — Value City Arena at Schottenstein Center; Columbus, OH

Wed, Mar 11 — Grand Ole Opry House; Nashville, TN

Thu, Mar 12 — Knoxville Civic Auditorium; Knoxville, TN

Fri, Mar 13 — Altria Theater; Richmond, VA

Sat, Mar 14 — Ovens Auditorium; Charlotte, NC **

Sun, Mar 15 — Durham Performing Arts Center; Durham, NC

Tue, Mar 17 — The Dome; Virginia Beach, VA

Wed, Mar 18 — Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts; Greensboro, NC

Thu, Mar 19 — North Charleston Performing Arts Center; North Charleston, SC

Fri, Mar 20 — Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium; Spartanburg, SC

Sat, Mar 21 — Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at the Von Braun Center; Huntsville, AL

Sun, Mar 22 — BJCC Concert Hall; Birmingham, AL

Tue, Mar 24 — Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts; Jacksonville, FL

Wed, Mar 25 — Peabody Auditorium; Daytona Beach, FL

Thu, Mar 26 — Addition Financial Arena; Orlando, FL

Fri, Mar 27 — Ruth Eckerd Hall; Clearwater, FL

Sat, Mar 28 — Ruth Eckerd Hall; Clearwater, FL

Sun, Mar 29 — Hard Rock Live; Hollywood, FL **

Tue, Mar 31 — Fox Theatre; Atlanta, GA

Wed, Apr 1 — Orpheum Theatre; Memphis, TN

Thu, Apr 2 — Simmons Bank Arena; North Little Rock, AR

Fri, Apr 3 — Beau Rivage Theatre; Biloxi, MS

Sat, Apr 4 — Beau Rivage Theatre; Biloxi, MS

Thu, Apr 9 — Smart Financial Centre; Sugar Land, TX

Fri, Apr 10 — Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory; Irving, TX

Sat, Apr 11 — Intrust Bank Arena; Wichita, KS

Sun, Apr 12 — Bellco Theatre at Colorado Convention Center; Denver, CO

Wed, Apr 15 — WaMu Theater; Seattle, WA

Thu, Apr 16 — Moda Center; Portland, OR

Fri, Apr 17 — Hult Center; Eugene, OR

Sat, Apr 18 — San Jose Civic; San Jose, CA **

Sun, Apr 19 — Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort; Reno, NV

Tue, Apr 21 — SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center; Sacramento, CA

Wed, Apr 22 — San Diego Civic Theatre; San Diego, CA

Thu, Apr 23 — Segerstrom Center for the Arts; Costa Mesa, CA

Fri, Apr 24 — Fontainebleau Las Vegas; Las Vegas, NV

Sat, Apr 25 — Dolby Theatre; Hollywood, CA

Sun, Apr 26 — Dolby Theatre; Hollywood, CA

Wed, Apr 29 — Arizona Financial Theatre; Phoenix, AZ

Thu, Apr 30 — Arizona Financial Theatre; Phoenix, AZ

Sat, May 2 — Eccles Theater; Salt Lake City, UT **

Sun, May 3 — Eccles Theater; Salt Lake City, UT

Tue, May 5 — Orpheum Theater; Omaha, NE

Wed, May 6 — Stifel Theatre; St. Louis, MO

Thu, May 7 — Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center; Cincinnati, OH

Fri, May 8 — Fox Theatre Detroit; Detroit, MI

Sat, May 9 — OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino; Niagara Falls, ON

Sun, May 10 — Shea’s Buffalo Theatre; Buffalo, NY

Tue, May 12 — The Met Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA

Wed, May 13 — Akron Civic Theatre; Akron, OH

** Multiple showtimes

MILWAUKEE – Forecast from FOX6 Meteorologist Lisa Michaels

Patchy fog and frost in the morning with temps in the 20s.
A few more clouds for Valentine’s Day with temperatures ranging from mid 40s lakeside to upper 40s inland.
A big warming trend on Sunday and Monday with temps back in the low to mid 50s.
Our next storm system moves in Tuesday night in to Wednesday with the chance for rain.

Today:    44° Lake. Morning fog then partly sunny.
High:     48°
Wind:     SE 5-10

Tonight:  Patchy fog possible, mostly cloudy.
Low:      32°
Wind:     S 5

Sunday:   Mostly sunny and mild.
High:     52°
Wind:     SW 5-10

Monday:   Partly sunny and warm.
AM Low:   34°                   High:  56°
Wind:     S 5-15

Tuesday:  Cloudy. Rain at night.
AM Low:   35°                   High:  46°
Wind:     E 10-25

Wednesday:Rain in the morning. Windy and mostly cloudy.
AM Low:   38°                   High:  53°
Wind:     SW 10-20

Thursday: Partly sunny.
AM Low:   33°                   High:  41°
Wind:     NW 5-10
 

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