NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested Wednesday as he was overlaying a press convention following the latest disastrous prepare derailment that occurred in Ohio.
Footage from NewsNation, reveals Lambert, who was doing a dwell shot at a press convention with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who was set to supply an replace on the chaos that erupted in East Palestine, being pressured on the bottom and cuffed by two law enforcement officials. The officers escorted him exterior and positioned him in a patrol automobile. He was taken to Columbiana County Jail and launched later Wednesday night.
“Evan is protected and calm, and continues to behave with professionalism and integrity that he brings to his work every day,” NewsNation D.C. bureau chief Mike Viqueira mentioned in an announcement. “As you see from the movies, he was doing his job – what lots of of journalists do with out incident – reporting to the general public o the matter of pressing, essential curiosity to our viewers.”
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Viqueira mentioned Lambert was charged with “felony trespass and disorderly conduct.”
NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested whereas reporting on the prepare derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. (Screenshot/NewsNation)
DeWine denounced the arrest through the press convention, saying it was “mistaken” for Lambert to be informed to cease reporting and asserting he didn’t authorize regulation enforcement to apprehend the NewsNation correspondent.
“I am actually very, very sorry that that occurred,” DeWine informed reporters. “[Lambert] had each proper to be reporting and do what they do each single day.”
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Further footage confirmed tensions boiling between Lambert and regulation enforcement at the back of the room because the press convention was being held.
“I acquired arrested as a result of I used to be attempting to do a dwell report about what individuals must know,” Lambert informed a bystander who requested what occurred.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine denounced the arrest of NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert, one thing he insisted he didn’t authorize. (AP Photograph/John Minchillo)
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Viqueira blasted the arrest whereas talking on-air with a NewsNation anchor.
“The concept Evan seems to be singled out right here as his boss, as his colleague, as a fellow journalist is actually infuriating,” Viqueira mentioned.
Following his launch, Lambert informed NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield it has been a “lengthy day” however that he is “okay.” Lambert avoided providing particulars as to what transpired as fees towards him weren’t dropped.
NewsNation was launched in 2020 by Nexstar Media Group. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photos)
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Lambert joined NewsNation in 2021 after 4 years as a reporter on the native affiliate Fox 5 in Washington D.C.
NewsNation was launched in 2020 by Nexstar Media Group, taking on the channel previously referred to as WGN America.
