Another man who threatened then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sentenced to prison
Source: CNN
A man who made threats against then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in 2022 was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, Justice Department officials announced during a news conference on threats to state election workers.
Joshua Russell, from Ohio, made multiple death threats, according to the Justice Department, leaving a series of voicemails for Hobbs, calling her a traitor and warning that her days are extremely numbered. He pleaded guilty last summer to one count of making a threatening interstate communication.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after a separate individual was sentenced to three and a half years for making a bomb threat against Hobbs in 2021. Hobbs, a Democrat, is now governor of Arizona.
During the news conference, the head of the Justice Departments Election Threats Task Force, John Keller, noted that the task force formed in 2021 has charged roughly 20 defendants for engaging in threats to the elections community to date.
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