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From the Justice Department: An Alabama man pleaded guilty today to sending threatening messages to election workers with Maricopa County Elections in Phoenix. “The functioning of our democracy requires that our country’s public servants be able to do their jobs without fearing for their lives,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Brian Ogstad repeatedly threatened to kill Maricopa County election …

ABC News reports: A Nevada man has been arrested after he threatened several government officials, including the New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial and the prosecutor who brought the case, according to an indictment unsealed in Las Vegas. Spencer Christjencody Gear, 32, allegedly made phone calls and sent emails to eight federal officials …

From the Justice Department: Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting in interstate commerce threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion. According to the records filed in the case, between July 9 and Dec. 14, 2022, Boryga …

NBC News reports: Michael M. Wiseman was arrested Friday on charges of written threats to kill, according to a statement from the Jupiter Police Department in Florida. “After investigating the reports and the suspect’s Facebook account, JPD detectives found that Wiseman had made multiple threats against Trump and Vance, who earlier this week became the Republican nominees for President and …

Law & Crime reports: Jason Patrick Alday of Florida has been arrested and charged with threatening President Joe Biden after he said “I want to kill him, slit his throat,” according to a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in Tallahassee. Alday is charged with three counts including making threatening communications, making threats against the President of the United States …

Raw Story reports: Stormy Daniels spoke with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in an interview that aired Tuesday night, detailing harassment and dire financial struggles she faces due to the case. “The biggest thing is that they’re not hiding like they used to,” she said, referring to those wishing to harm her and her family. “It used to be bots, you know, …

ABC News reports: A teenager accused of making a hit list and planning a mass killing at a high school near Cincinnati pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges of inducing panic. Prosecutors dropped a charge against the 14-year-old, leveled in February, of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. He will be sentenced in July. Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said the …

The Associated Press reports: A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings Thursday. The jury began weighing the case against Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover on Tuesday after a trial that began Monday. A message seeking comment from Anderson’s …

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Tampa dentist was indicted after he was accused of sending dozens of threats, some of which were racially charged and praised Donald Trump, according to the DOJ. Richard Glenn Kantwill, 60, of Tampa, was charged with three counts of interstate transmission of a threat to injure, officials said. The DOJ said Kantwill sent about 100 …

“It’s a pattern, Kaitlan, that whenever somebody gets up – whether it’s a news media, you know Fox News, does it a lot, or it’s somebody in the Congress who gets up and makes a public statement that’s responsible for the deaths of X number of people because of policies or some crazy idea that I created – immediately, it’s …

From the Justice Department: A Jacksonville, Illinois, man, Adam Ray Mouser, 40, of the 500 block of Brooklyn Avenue, has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, to be followed by 24 months of supervised release, for threats against the President of the United States. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that the defendant used social media to threaten …

From the Justice Department: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jordan Gee, age 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threats against the President and interstate communications with a threat. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that Gee posted several videos …

The Huffington Post reports: Stormy Daniels took major precautions to protect herself while testifying in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, according to her lawyer. Attorney Clark Brewster appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on Monday, where he revealed how the adult film star wore a bulletproof vest underneath her clothes “every day” until she got to the Manhattan …

From the Justice Department: Marc Shultz, 66, of Chula Vista, California has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of her prosecution of Former President Donald Trump. Shultz made his initial appearance in federal court in San Diego, California on May 2, 2024, …

CBS News reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court justice, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, pleaded guilty in December after he made a July telephone call from Florida to the Supreme Court and left an expletive-filled voice message twice threatening to kill an …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a video on social media Friday that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, which Trump indicated was taken Thursday in Long Island, New York, shows a truck emblazoned with “Trump 2024” and a large picture depicting Biden tied …

The Associated Press reports: An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had pleaded guilty in late August to a federal charge of making an interstate threat against Hobbs, a Democrat …

The Christian Post reports: Last year, on February 28, 2023, a concrete replica of a millstone was left in front of the CRU Wine Bar and Coffee Shop on Turner Street in Beaufort, NC. Not just any millstone, but cast into its face was the Scripture reference Luke 17:2 and it’s inner and outer rims were painted in rainbow colors. …

From the Justice Department: An Alabama man was arrested today in Cullman, Alabama, for allegedly sending threatening messages to election workers with Maricopa County Elections in Phoenix. Brian Jerry Ogstad, 59, of Cullman, made his initial appearance today at the federal courthouse in Huntsville. From the day of the election through on or about Aug. 4, 2022, Ogstad allegedly sent …

From the Justice Department: An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to sending a communication that included a threat of violence to an election worker in Michigan. “Andrew Nickels threatened that he and millions of so-called ‘patriots’ would kill an election worker in Michigan. Among other threats, he said the local public official deserved a ‘throat to the knife’ for saying …