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  • Secret Service Question Kathy Griffin for Over an Hour

    Secret Service Question Kathy Griffin for Over an Hour

    Comedian and former CNN presenter Kathy Griffin seems not out of the woods yet as report have it that she was interrogated by the secret service over her joke went wrong. The comedian in May released a picture in a tweet that shows the decapitated head of President Donald Trump.

    The picture which was meant as a joke by the comedian did not go down well with the general public meaning as she was condemned from both sides of the political spectrum for posting such. She was fired by CNN in the process and later apologised for posting the picture. But it seems are troubles are not over as journalist Yashar Ali who is close to the comedian reported that Griffin was questioned by the secret service for over an hour on the Trump photo issue.

    Last month, Griffin alongside her lawyer gave a public apology for the release of the picture and she stated that she couldn’t possibly have meant the president any harm. She also described Trump as a bully and stated that she wasn’t afraid of the controversial president. She however pleaded with the white house to recognise that she is an “obnoxious comedian” who doesn’t deserve the backlash she has gotten from the news.

    Griffin’s attorney Lisa Bloom also said the issue was a first amendment issue and that citizens should be allowed to tell jokes. But it is clear this joke was taken too far and the comedian would bear the blunt. Bloom also promised that her client would corporate fully with the authorities regarding the issue though criminal charges have not been filed yet.

    Griffin is not the first person to be investigated by the secret service regarding comments made in respect of a sitting president. In 2012, Ted Nugent was investigated by the same body when he said Barack Obama, the president at the time should “suck on my machine gun”. He was questioned but no charges were brought against him at the time.

    Kathy Griffin would hope that this incident would be the last of her troubles regarding the matter as an indictment might damage her already questionable public image.

  • Mixed Reactions Pop Up Following The Firing Of CNN Host Reza Aslan

    Mixed Reactions Pop Up Following The Firing Of CNN Host Reza Aslan

    THEHILL.COM has made the announcement that Sean Hannity of Fox News on Friday made the move to defend Reza Aslan. Sean is said to have defended the former CNN host after blatantly calling President Trump “a piece of s—.”He thinks that it was the wrong move for Trump to have fired him considering that he had moved ahead to apologize.

    This recent development is shifting attention to Reza with a lot of people globally now looking at the matter in detail. In making a statement to his followers, Hannity wrote, “Reza calling the @POTUS a POS is bad form. Calling me the same fair game. I do not think you should be fired. You apologized.”

    A lot has been happening recently with Trump and it goes without saying that this recent move may shake the confidence of a large number of Americans on Trump as their president.

    According to reports, CNN will not continue with the production on the acquired series ‘Believer with Reza Aslan.’ However, the platform through a statement wished Reza together with his production team good luck in their endeavor. It was obvious CNN preferred distancing itself from the matter for reasons best known to it.

    Aslan owes his roots to Iran, and this time around he was the host of CNN’s “Believer” which has always been aired out on a weekly basis on Sunday nights. The 45-year-old religious scholar who is at the same time a top-notch author is said to have proceeded to call President Trump a “man baby” in a tweet. Truth be said, in as much as Trump might have his own weaknesses, most of the Americans saw this as rather extreme and disrespectful to Trump and the presidency.

    Other sources indicate that the tweet was in response to the move by NBC News which is said to have deliberately ignored reporting about Trump sharing a Drudge Report tweet reporting the terrors attacks that recently took place in, on the basis it included unconfirmed details at that particular moment. Aslan remains remorseful and believes he should have chosen his words more wisely.