The Justice Department (DOJ) has charged a 25-year-old Georgia man after allegedly making violent threats against two U.S. senators and one of their families, amid growing concerns about threats targeting elected officials.
Robert Davis Forney of Duluth, Georgia, is accused of leaving threatening voicemails for Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska in January, according to federal prosecutors. The messages allegedly contained threats of sexual violence against both senators and Cruz’s family members.
Forney was indicted by a federal grand jury in June and charged with communicating threats in interstate commerce. He appeared before a federal magistrate judge on Monday for arraignment.
“Threatening our elected officials and their families is an act of violence that undermines our entire democracy,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said in a statement. “Political discourse and disagreements never justify resorting to vile attacks against our nation’s leaders.”
FBI Special Agent Paul Brown, based in Atlanta, emphasized that threatening public officials is a serious federal crime. “There is no place for political violence or threats of violence in the United States,” Brown said.
The Georgia case is part of what the Justice Department calls “Operation Take Back America,” a nationwide initiative aimed at combating violent crime and illegal immigration, according to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg.
The case comes amid heightened concerns about violence against political figures. Over the weekend, former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman from Minnesota and her husband were killed, and Senator John Hoffman and his wife were shot in what authorities described as targeted attacks. (RELATED: Federal Charges Filed Against Lawmaker Shooting Suspect)
The suspect in that case, Vance Boelter, was arrested after a two-day manhunt.
A former Coast Guard lieutenant was recently arrested for allegedly making threats to kill President Donald Trump. (RELATED: Expert Sharpshooter Arrested For Alleged Threats To Assassinate President Trump)
Peter Stinson, a Virginia resident and retired U.S. Coast Guard officer, has been charged with making threats to assassinate former President Donald Trump, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.
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Seems to be par for the course out of liberals these days. Guess many are kind of ticked off about losing some of their “seemingly unlimited” income stream as it has been limited by DOGE?
All mentally unstable people.