Georgia man pleads guilty to threatening 2 U.S. senators
A Georgia man pleaded guilty to threatening to “physically injure” U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Republican Sen. Timothy Scott of South Carolina, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
During one threat to Scott, prosecutors said Jason Bell admitted to invoking the name of an avowed white supremacist convicted of killing nine black parishioners inside a South Carolina church.
Bell, 41, of Cochran, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of anonymous telecommunications harassment, U.S. Attorney Charles Peerler said in a news release.
“Mr. Bell’s decision to threaten and harass two United States Senators will not be tolerated in the Middle District of Georgia,” he said in the release. “Indeed, there is no place in our Country for this conduct.”
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