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Man Charged With Threatening Congressman’s Family as Riot Raged Relatives of Hakeem Jeffries and George Stephanopoulos received threatening text messages as rioters stormed the Capitol, federal prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged a California man with making threats.Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times Published Jan. 26, 2021Updated Feb. 3, 2021 The same day that a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and tried to stop Congress from certifying President Biden’s electoral victory, the brother of Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York rece...

The man is accused of sending menacing messages about the 2020 presidential election to the congressman’s brother and sister-in-law, as well as a journalist.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been identified as the target of a series of threats from a California man. Authorities say 35-year-old Robert Lemke was arrested Tuesday at 6 a.m. in Bay Point, California, on charges that he sent threatening texts to Jeffries' brother during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. A spokesman for Congressman Jeffries confirmed that he was the member of Congress who was allegedly threatened by the retired Air Force captain. "Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is the Member of the House of Representatives referenced as 'Congressman-1' in the c...

NEW YORK — A California man disgruntled about the presidential election result was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he threatened family members of a New York congressman and a journalist in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol, authorities said. Robert Lemke, 35, was arrested in Bay Point,

Air Force veteran arrested for threatening family of congressman, journalist (Creatas) NEW YORK — A California man disgruntled about the presidential election result was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he threatened family members of a New York congressman and a journalist in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol, authorities said. Robert Lemke, 35, was arrested in Bay Point, California, on charges filed in Manhattan federal court. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday. A criminal complaint charging him wi...