Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles early Friday for his alleged involvement with a group of anti-ICE protesters who stormed a Minnesota church during a Sunday service Jan. 18.

He is being charged with 18 USC 241, Conspiracy to Deprive Rights, which makes it illegal for “two or more persons to agree to injure, threaten, or intimidate a person in the United States in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States,” according to the Department of Justice.

He’s also charged under 18 USC 248, Violation of the FACE Act, or the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act — a 1994 federal law that deals with access to health clinics but also covers interference with religious worship as well as conspiracy statutes.

The charges were first reported by NewsNation.

Lemon is expected to appear in court in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.

If convicted of both charges, he could face more than a decade in prison, according to DOJ sentencing guidelines.

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