Was Rob Weiner charged or investigated for threats related to comments about assassinating Trump?
Executive summary
No reporting in the provided documents indicates that Rob (Robert) Weiner was charged with or formally investigated for threats connected to comments about assassinating Donald Trump; the available sources profile his public work on voting rights and commentary but do not report any criminal probe or charges against him [1] [2] [3]. Much of the supplied reporting instead centers on a separate media firestorm involving Donald Trump’s remarks about the killing of filmmaker Rob Reiner, which appears unrelated to any allegation about Rob Weiner [4] [5].
1. Who Rob Weiner is — and what the documents actually say
Rob (Robert) Weiner is presented in the supplied sources as a political and legal commentator and advocate on voting rights who runs Robert Weiner Associates / Weiner Public and has written and spoken about Trump-era policy and elections; InfluenceWatch and his organization material frame him as a Democratic-aligned legal strategist focused on election administration and voting rights [1] [2] [3]. The materials describe op-eds, advocacy, and past White House or oversight staff roles rather than criminal conduct, and none of those profiles include allegations of threats or investigations tied to assassination comments [1] [2].
2. What the reporting does cover — a separate controversy about Rob Reiner and Trump
The bulk of the supplied news snippets concern President Trump’s inflammatory posts and public comments about the killing of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, which provoked widespread condemnation and coverage in outlets including AP, PBS, The Guardian, Time and The Washington Post [4] [6] [5] [7] [8]. Those stories document Trump’s unsubstantiated linking of Reiner’s politics to the killing and the political backlash, but they do not mention Rob Weiner in connection with threats or prosecutions [4] [5].
3. No source evidence of charges or investigation into Rob Weiner
A careful read of the supplied items finds no factual claim, news report, or press release alleging that Rob Weiner was arrested, charged, or the subject of a law‑enforcement investigation regarding threats or comments about assassinating Trump; the public-facing Robert Weiner Associates site and InfluenceWatch profile recount advocacy and commentary but not criminal inquiries [1] [2]. Because the documentation provided is silent on any such legal action, there is no grounding in these sources to assert that he was charged or investigated.
4. Possible reasons for confusion and the limits of these sources
The absence of evidence here could reflect simple misidentification (Rob Reiner vs. Rob Weiner) or political rumor that conflates outspoken critics with criminality; the supplied reporting explicitly shows how quickly social-media-driven narratives can spiral, as with Trump’s premature public statements about the Reiner killings [9]. However, the supplied sources do not include any law‑enforcement records, court filings, or investigative reporting that would confirm or deny an official probe into Weiner, so this analysis cannot exclude the possibility of developments outside these documents [9] [1].
5. Alternate explanations and potential agendas
If claims exist elsewhere tying Rob Weiner to threats, they could be the result of partisan smear campaigns, mistaken identity, or amplification of social-media posts — dynamics visible in the broader coverage of political rhetoric and reactions to the Reiner story [4] [5] [9]. The materials supplied illustrate how high-profile political disputes and rapid public statements by figures such as the president can create narratives that benefit political actors seeking to delegitimize critics, but the sources here do not substantiate such a narrative about Weiner [4] [5].
6. Bottom line and responsible next steps for verification
Based solely on the provided reporting, there is no evidence that Rob Weiner was charged or investigated for threats related to comments about assassinating Donald Trump, and the documents instead profile Weiner’s legal and advocacy work while covering an unrelated controversy involving Rob Reiner and the president [1] [2] [4]. To definitively resolve the question, review of contemporary law‑enforcement records, court dockets, or investigative reporting beyond these sources would be required; those materials were not included among the supplied documents, so this report refrains from claiming proof one way or the other [1].