Man who threatened Pelosi, Mayorkas sentenced to 11 months
BY SARAH FORTINSKY - 03/27/24 8:48 PM ET
A California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2023, to two counts of making threats against a federal official after a grand jury indicted him on Sept. 12, 2023.
Just 15 days after the Jan. 6, 202,1 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Carrier called then-Speaker Pelosi’s office and threatened to assault her in a voicemail message. A year and a half later, on June 30, 2022, Carrier called the DHS hotline and threatened to assault Mayorkas in a voicemail message.
In pleading guilty, Carrier admitted that he intended to interfere with Pelosi’s and Mayorkas’s respective abilities to perform their official duties as a member of Congress and as the secretary of DHS ...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4560803-man-who-threatened-pelosi-mayorkas-sentenced-to-11-months-in-prison/
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