Arizona Official threatened with death over election, man receives 2½ years in prison.

[ad_1] Arizona Official, Katie Hobbs, targeted for death threat, sees Ohio man sentenced to 2½ years in prison. The man, Joshua Russell, 46, of Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Arizona in August to one count of making an interstate threat, according to the Justice Department. He was indicted in December 2022 on charges that he had left several voice messages containing death threats with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office during the midterm election season, in which Ms. Katie Hobbs was elected governor. Ms. Katie Hobbs, a…

Donald Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

[ad_1] The threat from President Donald Trump to his vice president, Mike Pence, was clear and direct: If you defy my effort to overturn the 2020 election by certifying the results, your future in Republican politics is over. “Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Mr. Donald Trump told Mr. Pence by phone on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, according to the White House valet who was with the president for much of the day and told Congress he had overheard the conversation. The testimony…