Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to federal charges related to an anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18.
Lemon submitted his plea before a magistrate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday, February 13, according to local affiliates KMSP-TV Fox 9 and WCCO-TV. The arraignment was held at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.
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