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…