Don Lemon made his first court appearance in Los Angeles today — and he’s already back on the streets … because a judge let him go without bail.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told Lemon and the assembled crowd politicians would stand behind him and ensure he could continue to cover important stories around the country.

Mayor Bass made it clear there’s a difference between the journalists who cover the protest at the church and protesters who showed up to the church to make a statement … and people should keep that in mind instead of throwing them all into one bucket.

In a statement on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said … “At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”

His attorney, Abbe Lowell, sounded off Friday morning — saying Don was there as a journalist, protected by the First Amendment, and that his arrest was a distraction from the Trump admin investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.

As we told you — the feds originally tried to charge 8 people tied to the Cities Church protest, Don included … but a magistrate judge only signed off on charges for 3, and Lemon wasn’t one of them.