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#FakeNews: Brandon Griesemer, 19, on trial for threatening to kill CNN staff

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Brandon Griesemer made 22 calls to CNN between January 9 – 10

A man from the US state of Michigan is facing trial after he threatened to murder the CNN broadcaster’s staff in Atlanta headquarters for spreading what he said were “fake news,” CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a federal affidavit.

CNN alleged that Brandon Griesemer made a total of 22 calls to the broadcaster on January 9-10, threatening to kill the staff and making racist remarks.

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Griesemer, a 19-year-old Michigan grocery store worker, had reportedly earlier called a mosque in Ann Arbor and rallied against Muslims.

In the first call the man reportedly told the operator “Fake news. I’m coming to gun you all down.”

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Griesemer was charged on Friday in the US District Court and was released on a 10,000 dollars bail after an initial hearing.

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If convicted, Griesemer could face up to five years of imprisonment.

President Donald Trump has many times accused leading US media of spreading fake news targeting him during the election campaign and after he became the 45th U.S. president.

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Earlier in January, he unveiled a list of media outlets that won GOP-proclaimed “fake news” awards for erroneous coverage of his presidency, with the New York Times, CNN, ABC News and other media outlets being among the “winners.”

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