US taskforce defending election officials makes first arrest over alleged death threats

Earlier DU thread: Texas man charged with threatening election, government officials in Georgia

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Source: The Guardian

US taskforce defending election officials makes first arrest over alleged death threats

New justice department unit alleges Texas man posted message on Craigslist calling for deaths of several officials

Gloria Oladipo
@gaoladipo
Fri 21 Jan 2022 19.11 GMT

A special justice department unit created to combat threats against election officials made its first arrest on Friday after a man allegedly posted threats online against Georgia election workers.

Chad Stark, a 54-year-old resident of Texas, was arrested by law enforcement after officials alleged he posted a message on Craigslist on 5 January 2021 saying that he wanted “Georgia Patriots” to kill several election officials.

“Georgia Patriots it’s time for us to take back our state from these Lawless treasonous traitors. It’s time to invoke our Second Amendment right it’s time to put a bullet in the treasonous Chinese [Official A]. Then we work our way down to [Official B] the local and federal corrupt judges,” read the message.

“It’s our duty as American Patriots to put an end to the lives of these traitors and take back our country by force we can no longer wait on the corrupt law enforcement in the corrupt courts.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/21/us-election-threats-task-force-arrest-texas-georgia