Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Making Threats To Kill United States Congressman
Source: Department of Justice
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSHUA HALL pled guilty to a Superseding Information charging him with making threats to kill a member of the United States Congress. HALL previously pled guilty to wire fraud for impersonating family members of the then-President of the United States on social media to fraudulently raise funds for a fictitious political organization (the “Fraud Scheme”). At the time HALL made the threats to kill a member of the United States Congress, he was on pretrial release pending sentencing for the Fraud Scheme. HALL was arrested the same day the threats were made and was subsequently ordered detained pending sentencing. HALL pled guilty before United States District Judge Gregory H. Woods, before whom sentencing will be held on December 8, 2022.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Joshua Hall made terrifying threats to the staff of a United States Congressman whom he disliked rather than attempting to effect change through any of the freedoms of expression that all Americans enjoy. These threats of violence endanger our public officials and thwart common decency, which is why this Office will continue to prosecute crimes like those committed by Joshua Hall.”
According to the Superseding Information:
On or about August 29, 2022, HALL placed a series of telephone calls from in or around Yonkers, New York, to the California office of a member of the United States Congress (the “Congressman”). During those telephone calls, HALL conveyed threats to kill the Congressman to at least three different members of the Congressman’s staff (“Staff Member-1,” “Staff Member-2,” and “Staff Member-3”).
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/pennsylvania-man-pleads-guilty-making-threats-kill-united-states-congressman
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