Jimmy Kimmel tears into Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest ‘dangerous’ move

Jimmy Kimmel has hit out at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim that the DOJ was planning to assassinate Donald Trump – calling it so “stupid and dangerous.”

Ms Greene made the wild accusation that as the Justice Department had authorised the use of “deadly force” during an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resilience, claiming they were “planning to assassinate him.” The FBI said that “standard procedure” was followed – with the use of force only being allowed in the most extreme of circumstances.

“This would actually be funny if it wasn’t so stupid and dangerous,” Kimmel said through nervous laughter on his Wednesday night show.

The Georgia congresswoman made this claim after court files were unsealed on Tuesday in Mr Trump’s classified documents case, which included orders relating to when the FBI searched Mar-A-Lago in 2022 and seized hundreds of documents. Mr Trump is charged with taking classified national defense documents from the White House after he left office and of resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve the materials. He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing.

The operation order in the newly-unsealed filing stated that “Law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary.”

“Which is a standard operating procedure whenever the FBI execute a search warrant,” Kimmel explained. “But in the MAGA-verse, it is a plot to kill Donald Trump.”

Ms Greene proceeded to send out aseries of social media posts making wild claims such as “The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light.”

“Does everyone get it yet???!!!!” she followed. “What are Republicans going to do about it?”

“What a rich imagination this woman has; you almost