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NBC News reports: Authorities in Palm Beach County, Florida, responded to Donald Trump Jr.’s home Monday after he was sent an envelope containing a death threat and white powder. The response by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was first reported by The Daily Beast. A spokesperson for the former president’s son confirmed the incident to NBC News. The spokesperson said …

Courthouse News reports: Of the hundreds of calls Steve Martis made to elected officials between 2018 and 2021, “only a few drew scrutiny,” his attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday morning. “What did he say?” asked U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Hawkins. “I’m coming to kill you, c-u-n-t,” Michele Moretti, the attorney, replied, spelling out the last word. “Are you …

The Hill reports: A Houston woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening a Florida judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Trump for his handling of classified documents. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tiffani Gish, 50, was sentenced Friday for “using interstate communications” to threaten U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. The Texas woman …

NBC News reports: NBC News identified 33 instances, starting in November 2020, when people or institutions singled out by Libs of TikTok later reported bomb threats or other violent intimidation. The threats, which on average came several days after tweets from Libs of TikTok, targeted schools, libraries, hospitals, small businesses and elected officials in 16 states, Washington, D.C., and the …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection because of increasing threats she has received as Donald Trump’s last major opponent for the 2024 GOP nomination. Haley confirmed the application for protection in an interview Monday afternoon with The Wall Street Journal. “We’ve had multiple issues,” the former South Carolina governor and …

Beaumont’s CBS affiliate reports: Daniel Troy Leblanc, 44, is held on a $500,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr. The judge has ordered that if Leblanc posts bond, he avoid all contact with House Speaker Dade Phelan and wear a GPS ankle monitor. According to the DPS, on Monday, January 15, Special Agents from the Texas …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., declared in an interview that long-time Donald Trump confidante and adviser Roger Stone should “absolutely” be prosecuted after he was apparently caught on tape discussing the assassination of Swalwell and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. Stone was allegedly captured on the tape talking of the murder of the Democratic lawmakers. “Either Swalwell or Nadler …

The New York Times reports: “It’s time to do it,” the speaker can be heard saying. “Let’s go find Swalwell. It’s time to do it. Then we’ll see how brave the rest of them are. It’s time to do it. It’s either Swalwell or Nadler has to die before the election. They need to get the message.” Mr. Stone has …

Mediaite reports: The Capitol Police are investigating remarks made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone discussing the assassination of two prominent House Democrats. A source told Mediaite the FBI is aiding with the investigation. Last week, Mediaite published an audio recording of the comments, which were made weeks before the 2020 election in a conversation between Stone and his associate, …

Mediaite reports: Roger Stone has contested Mediaite’s reporting this week regarding comments he made on tape floating the assassination of two members of Congress. “I never spoke about assassinating anyone,” Stone wrote in an X post Thursday. “Fake Mediaite can’t produce the recording they claim to have.” In another post he wrote that Mediaite “has produced NO audio of me …

From the Justice Department: A Maryland man was sentenced today to two years in prison, along with three years of supervised release, for making death threats and other calls for violence against a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. According to the evidence presented by the government at today’s sentencing hearing, Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, also sent …

Mediaite reports: Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, infamous political operative Roger Stone sat across from his associate Sal Greco at a restaurant in Florida. At the time, Greco was an NYPD cop working security for Stone on the side. Their conversation, at Caffe Europa in Fort Lauderdale, focused on two House Democrats for whom Stone harbors particular animosity, Jerry …

AlterNet reports: A man who left a message threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) and his staff with AR-15 rifles is now seeking to become Swalwell’s colleague in the US House of Representatives. 23-year-old Joshua Hall of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania — who was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison in 2022 for making threats to kill a member of …

NBC News reports: A Florida man was arrested Wednesday in connection with threats to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and his children. Swalwell was not named in the court documents, but he confirmed that the threats targeted him and his family. Michael Shapiro, 72, of Greenacres, made his initial appearance Wednesday in connection with the threats, the Justice Department said. …

The Hill reports: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) said she received death threats in the wake of the lawsuit that was filed in her state that eventually led to former President Trump being kicked off the ballot in her state. “Within three weeks of the lawsuit being filed, I received 64 death threats. I stopped counting after that,” …

Rolling Stone reports: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in an interview that she has faced threats since issuing her decision to remove Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot on Thursday. “We have received threatening communications, those are unacceptable,” Bellows told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday. “I certainly worry about the safety of people I love, people around …

ABC News reports: Denver police are increasing security for members of the Colorado Supreme Court after last week’s ruling that Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for president under the 14th Amendment. “Due to the open investigations and safety and privacy considerations, we will not be providing details of these investigations. The Department is providing extra patrols around justice’s residences …

The Daily Mail reports: Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider has issued a death threat against president Joe Biden, saying he “should be hung.” Schneider, 63, wrote the concerning message on X on Wednesday and also targeted Biden’s son Hunter. Schneider deleted the post, but not before TMZ reported on it. Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the Dukes of …

The Huffington Post reports: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Wednesday she is “extremely concerned” about fanatical supporters of Donald Trump becoming violent in response to the state Supreme Court ruling that Trump is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. “I’ve been concerned about violence and threats of violence since Donald Trump incited the insurrection,” Griswold, …

NBC News reports: In the 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court kicked former President Donald Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media outlets have been flooded with threats against the justices who ruled in the case. Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, identified “significant violent rhetoric” against the justices and Democrats, often in direct response to Trump’s …