A 21-year-old Michigan man faces criminal charges for allegedly making death threats against Democrat officials—President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer—according to the state attorney general’s office. Joshua Docter from Holland, Michigan, faces one count of threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, felonies that carry a maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a release. “Threatening elected officials is against the law and my office will prosecute those who attempt to intimidate or terrorize our state and federal leaders,” Nessel said. Docter is accused of threatening to “shoot and kill” the three Democrat officials, making the threats in January on social media platform iFunny. Officials added that Docter said in the posts that he wanted to “‘be the catalyst’ for a new American revolution.” The FBI began investigating after authorities …
Michigan Man Charged Over Death Threats Against Biden, Pelosi, Whitmer
March 17, 2021
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