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By Glenn Garner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jane
Jane Fonda speaks to media regarding her support for Don Lemon outside federal court on Jan. 30, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.<\/strong>Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Don Lemon<\/a> was released from jail<\/a> in Los Angeles, Jane Fonda<\/a> was there to show her support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2x Oscar winner called on people to \u201cspeak up\u201d in the face of \u201cautocrats\u201d following Lemon\u2019s Thursday indictment for covering an anti-ICE protest<\/a> at a Minneapolis church earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not ready to sit and be quiet. We have to speak up. Every American who believes in our constitution has to speak up,\u201d she said in a video shared by TMZ<\/a>. \u201cDon Lemon is a professional journalist. He and his producer were doing their job, nothing more, nothing less. And he\u2019s been arrested. And they\u2019ll make up all kinds of defamatory things to say about him, that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing. That\u2019s how autocrats act. We can\u2019t fall for it. We have to speak up. When a red line is crossed like this, we cannot be silent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fonda continued, \u201cI know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN, and I will fight for their right to speak, which is guaranteed in our constitution. They arrested the wrong Don.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Lemon was released from custody<\/a> on a no-cash bond, after which he thanked everyone outside the Los Angeles courthouse for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Don
Don Lemon outside of the downtown Los Angeles federal court building Friday<\/strong>Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now,\u201d said Lemon. \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>\u2018s recent row with the FCC, Jane relaunched her father Henry Fonda\u2019s McCarthy-era Committee for the First Amendment<\/a> in October with the support of 550 industry figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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