REUTERS: US prosecutors on Monday (Mar 16) said a Connecticut man has been criminally charged with threatening to murder Representative Adam Schiff, the California Democrat who led the prosecution of Republican President Donald Trump in his recent impeachment trial. Robert M. Phelps, 62, of Torrington, was arrested on Mar 13 and released on US$25,000 bond after appearing before a federal magistrate judge in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The office of the federal public defender representing Phelps declined to comment on Monday. Schiff’s office, through a spokesman, also declined to comment. According to an affidavit from an FBI agent, Phelps emailed Schiff’s office last Nov 12 through a “Meeting Request” form on the congressman’s website, and wrote “I want to kill you with my bare hands and smash your … face in.” The agent also said that in a space requesting the preferred days of the week for a meeting, Phelps wrote “Measure your Coffin day.” Phelps told investigators in a Dec 4 interview at his home that he sent the email but did not view it as threatening, saying he had a right to contact members of Congress and defend “his president,” the agent added. The defendant identified himself as a Republican in the email and… Read full this story
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