Former President Donald Trump, who suggested Thursday that Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. should have guns “trained on her face,” could potentially face legal consequences for his remarks, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office, which told Forbes it is looking into whether the comments violated Arizona law.
Trump made the comments Thursday in Arizona. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The attorney general’s office confirmed with Forbes it is investigating Trump’s comments after an NBC affiliate station in Arizona reported the former president’s remarks are being investigated as a potential death threat.
Trump, who has long been criticized by Cheney, a longtime Republican and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, called Liz a “radical war hawk” during an event with former Fox host Tucker Carlson, saying, “Let’s see how [Cheney] feels about it, you know when the guns are trained on her face.”
Mayes told 12News during a taping of its "Sunday Square Off” segment she asked her criminal division chief to look into Trump’s remarks.
Mayes added she was not yet prepared to make the determination about whether or not the comment was in fact a death threat, though she noted it is not helpful as Arizona prepares for Election day and tries “to make sure that we keep the peace at our polling places and in our state."
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Cheney responded to Trump’s comments Friday morning and likened Trump to a dictator, saying the U.S. cannot be entrusted to “a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.