Overview
- A Minnesota grand jury on Jan. 29 indicted Lemon, Georgia Fort, and seven others on conspiracy and FACE/Ku Klux Klan Act charges tied to a Jan. 18 disruption at Cities Church in St. Paul.
- Lemon told Jimmy Kimmel that roughly a dozen agents seized him at a Los Angeles hotel, that a warrant was later shown to him on a cellphone, and that he had previously offered to surrender.
- He maintains he was reporting rather than protesting, and he was released without bond following a brief court appearance.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi has defended the charges, characterizing the church incident as an organized attack that interfered with worshippers’ rights.
- Pretrial proceedings are ongoing, with defense lawyers challenging arrest tactics and probable cause ahead of Lemon’s Feb. 9 hearing in Minneapolis.