NewsNation's Evan Lambert was arrested while at a press conference about the Ohio train derailment.
show Lambert was arrested on two counts, resisting arrest and criminal trespass, and later released on bond.
The claim that he was arrested for reporting the truth, viewed on its own, is misleading. While Lambert was removed from the venue and arrested, the clip shared by Greene, viewed alone, does not provide all the facts.full of other journalists doing their job" so there is little likelihood that police or officials were trying to prevent"the truth" from being reported.
NewsNation has defended its reporter, with its Washington bureau chief Mike Viqueira telling the channel'shost Leland Vittert on Wednesday that Lambert behaved professionally while being"manhandled." He added that Lambert was talking very quietly to the camera and reporting on a"very critical story" of interest to the public.
"I don't know all the facts but he or she—whoever was arrested—had every right to be reporting and do what they do every single day."has contacted Ohio State Highway Patrol, NewsNation and Marjorie Taylor Greene for comment.
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