Kathy Griffin said Tuesday she didn't understand “how seriously” the Department of Justice (DOJ) was taking her controversial photo of her holding a replica of former President Trump's bloody fake head. , he said.
“Actually, I just recently got my Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) back, which showed how seriously they were trying to charge me with conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States.” the comedian said on Dinners on Me. “With Jesse Tyler Ferguson” Podcast.
Griffin said it was foolish of her to think people were “prepared to recognize the level of danger” of the former president. She took a photo with the others and she said she thought it was going to be “on Instagram for two days, or maybe on a gay blog.”
A few years ago, during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Griffin said that the Secret Service and Assistant U.S. Attorneys are “an agency, and that the Secret Service and Assistant U.S. Attorneys are punishing me on two levels. “I'm exposing myself to it,” he said. There will be a federal investigation in May and they are considering indicting me for conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States – this is real.”
She also said she was placed on the “no-fly list” and Interpol's list, resulting in her being stranded at all international airports.
“Anderson Cooper said I was disgusting, and I lost about 75 percent of my friends who aren't coming back. And that was tough,” she told Colbert.
The former president posted on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that Griffin should be “ashamed” of the photo she posed for.
“Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children are having a hard time with this, especially my 11-year-old son Barron. Sick!” Trump said.
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