NewsNation Reporter Taken Down By Cops, Arrested During Ohio Governor News Conference

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5:01 PM PT — NewsNation Bureau Chief Mike Viqueira just released an official statement on the arrest of Evan Lambert, stating … “I Just spoke with Evan, who called from the Columbiana County Jail, where he is currently detained.”

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Viqueira continued, “First, Evan is safe and calm, and continues to act with professionalism and integrity that he brings to his work each day. As you see from the videos, he was doing his job — what hundreds of journalists do without incident — reporting to the public on a matter of urgent, critical interest to our audience.”

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As for Evan’s release, Mike says “Local law enforcement has told [Evan] that the soonest he can be released is 8:30 ET tomorrow. Every effort is being made to assist Evan and secure his release as soon as possible.”

A reporter covering Governor Mike DeWine‘s news conference was taken down to the ground by law enforcement and arrested Wednesday for allegedly disrupting a news conference.

Governor DeWine was at an East Palestine, Ohio gym, discussing a train derailment in the city when reporter Evan Lambert was doing a live shot for NewsNation. It appears police told Lambert he was interrupting the Governor, but Lambert was in the middle of his report and continued on.

Just after Lambert finished, local police took Lambert down to the ground and cuffed him, as onlookers questioned cops as to why.

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Lambert was cuffed and taken to jail. A NewsNation exec tells TMZ they were told Lambert would have to spend the night in jail, adding the Governor called the network and said he wanted Lambert released.