NewsNation Reporter Released From Jail After Arrest at Ohio Governor’s News Conference

Gov. DeWine says he did not know the arrest was being made and that it shouldn't have taken place

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 4, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A NewsNation reporter who was arrested in Ohio on Feb. 8 while filming Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a news conference has since been released from jail.

Evan Lambert, who is based in Washington D.C. where he works for the Nexstar Media Group-owned cable channel, had traveled to Ohio to cover the news conference about the freight train derailment in East Palestine, a small town on the border with Pennsylvania, according to NewsNation.