LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A federal decide sentenced a Las Vegas man to just about 4 years in jail for making violent threats towards Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and one other lawmaker, in keeping with the Division of Justice.
John Anthony Miller, 43, was accused of leaving quite a few voicemails and threatening to assault and homicide Rosen in October 2023, prosecutors stated.
‘Gonna finish what Hitler started,’ Las Vegas man accused of constructing threats to Sen. Jacky Rosen
Miller pleaded responsible to at least one depend of threatening a federal official and two counts of retaliating towards a federal official by threatening a member of the family, prosecutors stated.
“The threats against these U.S. senators and their families were vile, dehumanizing, and shameful,” Sue J. Bai, head of the Nationwide Safety Division, stated in an announcement. “Today’s sentence reflects the Department’s firm resolve to hold accountable those who seek to intimidate and harm our public officials. Such threats of violence have no place in our country.”
On Oct. 17, Miller left a number of voicemails, which included the next statements:
“All these [expletive] lies is in your [expletive] hands, you [expletive] [expletive], and I’m gonna [expletive] see you soon, you [expletive] sellout [expletive] [expletive] [expletive].”
“You just [expletive] woken up a mother[expletive] monster, you [expletive] piece of [expletive] inhuman, subhuman, you’re vermin, [expletive], you are vermin, [expletive], and we’re gonna finish what Hitler started, you [expletive] [expletive].”
“You done picked your side, [expletive], and you done chose evil. I don’t give a [expletive] is you were born into it or not, [expletive], you are [expletive] evil, [expletive], and we’re gonna exterminate you, [expletive].”
Telephone subscriber data confirmed the quantity used to make the threats was registered to John Miller, paperwork stated. Miller additionally listed the quantity as his contact quantity in two prior 9-1-1 calls.
Miller was arrested on Oct. 26, 2023.
