Who is Don Lemon, the ex-CNN anchor arrested over a Minnesota church protest?

The arrest of the 59-year-old anchor, who once stood at the apex of news media, has thrust him back into the spotlight

• Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest

The arrest of independent journalist Don Lemon has pulled the former CNN anchor, who has been a regular media presence in American life for nearly 20 years, back into the spotlight.

The 59-year-old news anchor once stood at the apex of news media as a primetime host of a CNN show. But in February 2023, Lemon was rebuked by CNN's then CEO Chris Licht and briefly taken off the air over televised remarks about former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley's age, who at the time was running for the Republican presidential nomination.