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(Reuters) - An unemployed Indiana man was charged on Friday with making death threats against House Speaker John Boehner because the House did not vote to extend unemployment insurance, federal prosecutors said.
Brandon Thompson, 32, of New Castle could face five years in prison if convicted of making e-mail and telephone threats against an elected official, according to a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett for the Southern District of Indiana.
The threats started on March 31, when Thompson sent an e-mail to Boehner saying "well you drunk John Bin Laden it's time to take you out" and threatened to kill Boehner "with my sniper rifle," according to a criminal complaint.
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Does this mean this guy won't be voting Republican this fall?
Indiana man threatened Boehner over jobless benefits: prosecutors | Reuters
By Mary Wisniewski
Fri May 9, 2014 6:41pm EDT
(Reuters) - An unemployed Indiana man was charged on Friday with making death threats against House Speaker John Boehner because the House did not vote to extend unemployment insurance, federal prosecutors said.
Brandon Thompson, 32, of New Castle could face five years in prison if convicted of making e-mail and telephone threats against an elected official, according to a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett for the Southern District of Indiana.
The threats started on March 31, when Thompson sent an e-mail to Boehner saying "well you drunk John Bin Laden it's time to take you out" and threatened to kill Boehner "with my sniper rifle," according to a criminal complaint.
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Republicans have competition for crazy.
