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Donald Trump’s stolen-election lies with threatening to kill Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Democrats. Court papers indicate that the man, Staten Island sex offender Brian Maiorana, intends to plead guilty. “Soap Box, Ballot Box…that was fraudulently stolen from us,” Maiorana was quoted writing on Nov. 8, some five days after Election Day. “Now Cartridge Box.” Maiorana allegedly directed his rage broadly, but he also made an unmistakable and antisemitic reference to Schumer, who late...

Asif Raja, 54, faces federal arson charges after he was caught on video starting several small fires at the aptly-named Ignited Restaurant & Lounge in Astoria on Aug. 4, FDNY officials said Sunday night.

N.J. man accused of setting fire to Ignited Restaurant & Lounge in N.Y., authorities say NJ.com 1/25/2021 Jeff Goldman, nj.com A 54-year-old New Jersey man was caught on surveillance video setting fire to a restaurant in New York City last year, officials said. Asif Raja is seen on the video pouring flammable liquid on tables at the Ignited Restaurant & Lounge on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens on Aug. 4, according to the New York Fire Department and federal charging docume...