Man who threatened Flynn-case judge sentenced to 18 months Frank Caporusso admitted to leaving a voicemail containing graphic threats to kill Judge Emmet Sullivan and his aides. U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden called the threat “heinous,” but said later he was “convinced” that Frank Caporusso never actually planned to carry it out. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Link Copied A New York man who left a graphic death threat on the voicemail of the federal judge handling the high-profile criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison. Frank Caporusso, 53, received the sentence during a hearing in federal court where the disturbing message was played aloud at the request of the judge who received it last May, Emmet Sullivan.