Could Snoop Dogg Really Be Jailed for ‘Lavender’ Video? A Legal Expert Weighs In

Rapper’s mock assassination falls under protected parody, attorney Bryan Sullivan tells TheWrap

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Snoop Dogg’s video for “Lavender” — in which the rapper shoots a clown-faced Donald Trump with a toy gun — has certainly drawn its share of criticism. But is it illegal?

President Donald Trump himself certainly suggested it could be early Wednesday, when he tweeted, “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!”

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