Kathy Griffin Reportedly Interviewed by Fed Agents For More Than Hour

[DonViejo]

by Rachel Stockman | 8:37 pm, July 3rd, 2017

Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin has reportedly been interviewed by the U.S. Secret Service for more than an hour. The investigation is connected to a recent photograph which showed her holding the bloody head of Donald Trump.

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Griffin’s attorney contends that the actress was just exercising her constitutional rights.

“She basically exercised her First Amendment rights to tell a joke,” Dmitry Gorin, a criminal defense attorney representing Griffin said. “When you look at everything in the media, all the times entertainers make videos or express themselves in other ways, you’ve never seen an entertainer, let alone a comedian, be subject to a criminal investigation.”

As we previously reported, don’t expect her to be arrested for the crude photo.

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This revelation lead Obama ethics Czar Norm Eisen to tweet out this follow up question.

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There is an exception for free speech that incites violence, but a judge would probably consider Griffin’s photo “crude political hyperbole.” With that said, the investigation is still ongoing.

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[cyclonefence]

1. oh for fuck's sake

Don't the feds have more to do than investigate a political joke? I'm sure the jihadis took a look at Kathy Griffin's photo and said "oh yeah--*that's* what we'll do!" and began plotting.

[PJMcK]

3. Turn it around

During the Obama Presidency, if Ted Nugent had "beheaded" the president in a similar fashion, the outcry from our side would have been deafening. There would be demands that the Secret Service have a visit with Nugent. In fact, I believe something similar did happen when Nugent made derogatory comments about Mr. Obama.

Respectfully, would you make the same observation under those circumstances?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. I've never been comfortable with the Secret Service "investigating" obvious non threats.

And yes, I felt the same way when President Obama was in office.

I remember hearing Rush Limpballs encouraging college students to get their yucks snitching on their Professors for saying derogatory things about Bush.

There has to be a "reasonable man" standard for what is believed as a threat. Griffin's photo wasn't anywhere near it.

[KingCharlemagne]

9. +Infinity. This is jack-booted thugs threatening the legitimate exercise of the

First Amendment. Griffin should have simply refused to answer any of their questions.

[tblue37]

13. +1. It was a dumb stunt, not even funny--but obviously a joke, not a threat. The intense & ongoing

investigation is just harassment and intimidation.

[B2G]

7. Nugent was investigated by the SS for his comments.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/21/opinion/obeidallah-ted-nugent-free-speech/

[cyclonefence]

12. Yes

Does anyone seriously believe that Kathy Griffith's stupid photo was a call to behead the *president?

If Ted Nugent posted a similar photo using President Obama's head, I would not believe it was a call to behead the President. It would strike me as odd, because Ted Nugent is not a comedian (not intentionally, anyway), and Kathy Griffith is--and not just a comedian but one who is known for doing and saying outrageous things.

If Democrats became upset because Ted Nugent posted a picture of himself with a beheaded President Obama, it would be ugly, with no obvious intent to amuse, and because Nugent has made veiled and unveiled threats of violence against people he disagrees with, *maybe* the Secret Service would feel justified in leaning on him a little. But I wouldn't worry that Nugent was a threat to national security or the President's life.

In short, while I believe your analogy is flawed, yes. I would feel the same way if Ted Nugent were in Kathy Griffith's place.

[Merlot]

5. They're not investigating a political joke, they're sending a message.

[tblue37]

14. This. It is what I meant when I said the investigation is both harassment (of her) &

intimidation (of anyone who is inclined to mock or criticize Dear Leader).

[Mc Mike]

2. Poor repugs. They're such tough guys and strongmen,

until a 98 lb comedienne scares the bejesus out of them with a twitter photo.

Wonder how much time the SS put into investigating Nugent, Baldasaro, and dRumpf, when they made their very public threats against high profile protected persons.

[vanlassie]

6. Naw. I bet she was cracking jokes. Free entertainment

for them. She's hilarious.

[dembotoz]

15. No I bet she was shitting her pants

Yes she is hilarious
Yes I would pay to see her
But this is uncharted territory
You don't think u are going to prison but this is trump land and she made herself vulnerable in it

[GoCubsGo]

8. I would like to believe that this "interview" really just an appeasement.

And, what they were really doing after a half-hearted slap on the wrist was sitting around while Kathy told them jokes. I find it hard to believe that the USSS is not as sick of that vulgar talking yam as are the rest of us.

[Adrahil]

10. I doubt they think she is a direct threat....

They probably questioned her more about people she knows, and organizations she's affiliatd with formally, or informally. That's their job.

[lpbk2713]

11. Probably not so much because they wanted to.

But because the stooges in Trump's inner circle wanted
them to make a visit in order to intimidate her. From what
I know of KG I wouldn't say they succeeded.