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The Grand Canyon State has become an epicenter for election-related threats in recent years, with one official remarking, “We don’t really want to be a leader in this space.”
An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had previously pleaded guilty in Phoenix to a federal charge of making an interstate threat against Hobbs. She is a Democrat who now serves as the state’s governor. The three voicemails left by Russell were among the countless threats made against Hobbs for her role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory over Donald Trump in Arizona and her respo...
An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had previously pleaded guilty in Phoenix to a federal charge of making an interstate threat against Hobbs. She is a Democrat who now serves as the state’s governor. The three voicemails left by Russell were among the countless threats made against Hobbs for her role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory over Donald Trump in Arizona and her respo...
A man who made threats against then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in 2022 was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, Justice Department officials announced during a news conference on threats to state election workers.
A federal task force on election threats has brought 20 criminal cases since 2021.