MSNBC: Arizona AG Investigating Whether Trump’s Comments About Liz Cheney Constitute Possible Death Threat

JANSING: “And Brahm Resnick, the political anchor and Reporter from our NBC affiliate in Phoenix, KPNX, joins us. Talk about this, this breaking news regarding Donald Trump’s comments that he made about Liz Cheney in Arizona last night. The attorney general is responding?”

RESNICK: “That’s right. I just spoke to Attorney General Kris Mayes about two hours ago for the taping of my Sunday show. She told me she’s just gotten off the phone with the criminal division chief and she was investigating whether what Donald Trump said about Liz Cheney constituted a death threat under Arizona law. I’ll tell you, under Arizona law, it is illegal to make threats or intimidate someone, can be charged as a Class 1 misdemeanor, Class 6 felony. Kris Mayes told me they’re looking into it. I asked her whether this was just political speech, free speech. She said we’re checking to see if it crossed that line, but she also put it in the larger perspective. If you’re here right now, you begin to understand how this place is ready for a high-security event on Tuesday, an election. Our sheriff’s office is talking about a no-tolerance policy for protests. Kris Mayes is activating all her agents, every law enforcement agency in the state is involved with protecting the vote, protecting voters. So, that’s — Kris Mayes brought that into the conversation, that for Donald Trump to make these kinds of remarks at this time, such a really fraught and intense moment here in Maricopa County, is just bad.”