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The FBI, working in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, has arrested a 34-year-old man who threatened to shoot Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and her family.
Atlanta-based WSB-TV reported that the outlet had obtained a recording of a phone call in which the man first claimed he was a donor before he then unleashed an expletive-laced tirade at the second-term congresswoman.
“I’m going to kill her next week. I’m going to murder her,” he said, according to the outlet. “You don’t think you’re going to get payback? You’re going to die. Your family is going to die.”
Newsmax reported that the lawmaker’s office identified the man as Sean Patrick Cirillo of Macon, Ga. Her office also noted that Cirillo is now facing a federal charge of using an electronic communications device to make a threat.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution added that the suspect was arrested in Atlanta, noting that he has minor criminal convictions on his record, including a vandalism charge and driving under the influence from roughly a decade ago. He also has addresses in…
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