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Nevada man John Anthony Miller delivered a series of expletive-laden death threats against two U.S. Senators and their families, one time using an antigay slur, during October 11-25, 2023.
John Anthony Miller admitted to a series of disturbing calls and threats against two unnamed U.S. Senators and their families.
A Las Vegas man who confessed to issuing death threats to two U.S. senators and their families was sentenced to three years in jail, followed by three years of supervised release, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Tuesday.
John Anthony Miller pleaded guilty to a single count of threatening a federal official and two counts relating to threatening a family member of a federal official, with U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey accepting his plea and handing down his sentence.
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“The threats against these U.S. Senators and their families were vile, dehumanizing, and shameful,” Sue J. Bai, head of the National Security Division, said in a statement. “Today’s sentence reflects the Department’s firm resolve to holding accountable those who seek to intimidate and harm our public officials. Such threats of violence have no place in our country.”
Miller admitted to leaving multiple threatening voicemail messages at the offices of two unnamed U.S. senators between October 11-25, 2023, according to court documents. One of the voicemail messages used an antigay slur during a death threat, within an anti-Semitic context.
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“All these f*****g lies is in your f*****g hands, you f*****g b***h, and I’m gonna f*****g see you soon, you f*****g sellout f*****g f****t b***h,” Martin said in one of several voicemail messages left on or about October 17.
On or about the same date, Martin used expletive-laden language in another message to call the senator a “monster,” “vermin,” and both “unhuman” and “subhuman” and say “we’re gonna finish what Hitler started.”
“You’re gonna burn in hell, b***h, and me and Jesus are gonna piss on you, b***h,” Miller said in another message.
In another message left on or about the same date, Martin said, “We’re gonna exterminate you.”
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The following day, on October 18, Miller attempted to gain entry to the Lloyd D. George Courthouse in Las Vegas, stating he needed to speak with one person identified as U.S. Senator 1. He was captured on a courthouse security camera smoking a cigarette and shouting death threats a short time later, after being turned away for refusing to allow officers to examine his identification fully.
Later that same week, on October 24-25, he left additional voicemail messages directly threatening death on the senators and their families.
Miller was arrested on October 26, 2023.
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“With today’s sentencing, the defendant will pay the price for making threats of violence,” Donald M. Holstead, assistant director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, said in a statement. “It is unacceptable to threaten public officials or anyone else, and the FBI will work with our law enforcement partners to identify and hold accountable anyone who engages in such illegal activity.”
While the threatened U.S. Senators are only identified as U.S. Senator 1 and U.S. Senator 2 in the court documents and DOJ press release, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen is Jewish and widely believed to be U.S. Senator 1.
