LEFT A VOICEMAIL CLAIMING HE WAS GOING TO KILL THE MICHICAN OFFICIAL
On February 27, 2024, AN (37) of Carmel, Michigan, pleaded guilty to threatening a Michigan election worker with violence.
Apparently, on November 10, 2020, AN left the following voicemail message: “We’re watching your…mouth talk about how you think that there’s no irregularities…[Y]ou frauded out America of a real election.” Nickels then told the clerk that “you’re gonna pay for it,” and described how “ten million plus patriots will surround you when you least expect it.” He continued, in relevant part: “[W]e’ll [expletive] kill you…[Y]ou will [expletive] pay for your [expletive] lying ass remarks…We will [expletive] take you out. [Expletive] your family, [expletive] your life, and you deserve a [expletive] throat to the knife…Watch your [expletive] back…watch your [expletive] back.”
In a written statement, U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison for the Eastern District of Michigan noted that, “No public official should face the violent threats that the victim in this case did, just for doing their job of ensuring the fairness and integrity our federal, state, and local elections ….Today’s guilty plea should send a clear message that those who engage in this egregious conduct will be held accountable.”
Scheduled to be sentenced on July 9, 2024, AN faces up to five years in prison.
Think that got his vote?
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