Scott Jennings has sent threatening messages from Keith Olbermann to the FBI after they were published to social media on Monday.
On X, Keith Olbermann responded to a post published by the CNN contributor and Salem Radio Network host. Olbermann wrote “You’re next,” followed by an expletive.
He later followed up by stating, “But keep mugging to the camera.”
It is unclear what post from Scott Jennings touched a nerve with Olbermann. However, Jennings did respond to the situation. He tweeted a screenshot of the messages from Olbermann to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Olbermann subsequently deleted the messages. Patel has yet to comment publicly on the matter.
On Tuesday afternoon, The Countdown with Keith Olbermann host walked back his comments.
“I apologize without reservation to (Scott Jennings),” Olbermann wrote. “Yesterday, I wrote and immediately deleted 2 responses to him about Kimmel because they could be misinterpreted as a threat to anything besides his career. I immediately replaced them with ones specifying what I actually meant.
“I oppose and condemn political violence, and the threat of it. All times are the wrong time to leave even an inadvertent impression of it – but this time is especially wrong I should’ve acknowledged the deletion and apologized yesterday. I’m sorry I delayed.”
Jennings discussed the situation on his radio show, marking himself safe from ‘that nut’ Keith Olbermann. He said of Olbermann, ‘he is the poster boy for left-wing outrage and progressive-ism’.
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