FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges that he threatened to kill the children of U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (pictured above) because he was upset about President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Laurence Key was indicted Thursday on charges of communication of a threat to kidnap or injure a person. The 68-year-old was arrested in June after an intern said he called the Florida congressman’s office in Washington and threatened to kidnap and kill Mast’s three young children because of policies about immigrant children being separated from their parents.
Authorities say Key had contacted Mast’s office 478 times before.
He could face up to five years in prison if convicted.
TC Palm reports Key denied the charges and invoked his right to remain silent.
Good Lord that really helped.
Yup…tyranny in the US is becoming more and more probable as congress does nothing to oversee and enforce the rule of law with Trump and his organized crime syndicate. The country is nearing a tipping point and apparently McConnell and Ryan don’t care. Trump brings out the worst in everyone.
Mitch is cravenly buddying up with trump now to ram as many right wing judges on the bench and get Kavanaugh on SCOTUS ASAP.
Among the many other things that irritate me about that is Mitch is old enough that he won’t live long enough to have to deal with it, the younger generations will. Same goes for all right wing elderly Fox News zombies who’s main reason for voting is SCOTUS.
Indeed - this From NYT last week
Trump has divided the country, and family, friends and workplaces…the partisan rancor has affected us all…
Really interesting story from the Times…
Supporters of President Trump at a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio, this month. Partisan identification is now a bigger wedge between Americans than race, gender or religion.Credit
While his case and the resulting backlash were extreme, Mr. Storey, 34, instigated the kind of zero-sum political confrontation that breaks out every day all across the country as politics seeps into and disrupts everyday life. To a degree that is unique to this period and this president, disputes over politics have divided Americans’ homes, strained marriages, ruined friendships and invaded the workplace.
A couple in Georgia, married two decades, won’t speak when the husband leaves his unwashed mug supporting President Trump in the sink; his wife refuses to touch it. A teenager eating at a Texas fast food restaurant had his “Make America Great Again” hat ripped off his head and a drink thrown in his face. A mother in New England sought the help of professional conflict mediators during the holidays because her two daughters — one who was pro-Trump, the other anti-Trump — had stopped speaking to each other.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/political-fights.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Not sure how long he’ll actually remain silent: