{"id":57231,"date":"2024-08-14T18:58:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57231"},"modified":"2024-08-14T18:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:58:39","slug":"arizona-man-facing-up-to-10-years-in-prison-for-inciting-violent-threats-against-people-including-a-congress-member-federal-and-law-enforcement-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57231","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Man Facing Up to 10 Years in Prison for Inciting Violent Threats Against People, including a Congress Member, Federal and Law Enforcement Officials."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-595 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FBI-IMAGE-1024x1021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, of Rio Verde, Arizona, pleaded guilty Tuesday to making threats against federal officials, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From May 2021 through November 2023, while living in Colorado and Arizona, Tomasi used a social media platform to express a desire to incite violence and threaten a variety of individuals and groups, including a city district attorney, a state court judge, a member of Congress, and other federal officials and law enforcement officers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Tomasi pleaded guilty to posting a threat on Aug. 26, 2023, to kill FBI agents in order to impede, intimidate, or interfere with FBI agents\u2019 performance of their official duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Officials stated that Tomasi will be sentenced on Oct. 23 and faces up to 10 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39979 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/judge-gavel-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"West Virginia Woman Took Top Secrets, Committed Kidnapping\" width=\"343\" height=\"183\" \/>Specifically, Tomasi admitted that, on that day, he posted: \u201cShoot the FBI first and ask questions later. . . .\u00a0 Any FBI [] have a problem with that[,] come to my house and see what happens. Shoot before they even pull their guns out of their trunk and you shoot to kill.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThreats of violence against elected officials, judges, and FBI agents pose immense danger to the physical safety of individual victims and undermine our very system of government,\u201d said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. \u201cThe Justice Department will hold to account anyone who targets public servants with illegal threats of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThreatening law enforcement officers and elected officials strikes at the heart of our communities and our democracy,\u201d\u00a0said FBI Director Christopher Wray. \u201cThe men and women of the FBI work tirelessly every day to defend our homeland and protect the American people. I am proud of their selfless spirit \u2014 putting themselves in harm\u2019s way to keep others safe \u2014 and we will hold accountable anyone who threatens them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorney Dmitriy Slavin of the National Security Division&#8217;s Counterterrorism Section is providing crucial assistance to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Raymond K. Woo and Abbie Broughton Marsh for the District of Arizona as they prosecute the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, of Rio Verde, Arizona, pleaded guilty Tuesday to making threats against federal officials, according to authorities. 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