California man gets prison for threats over 2020 election
Robert Lemke, a resident of Bay Point in the San Francisco Bay Area, pleaded guilty in October to one count of making threatening interstate communications.
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Robert Lemke, a resident of Bay Point in the San Francisco Bay Area, pleaded guilty in October to one count of making threatening interstate communications.
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Robert Lemke, a resident of Bay Point in the San Francisco Bay Area, pleaded guilty in October to one count of making threatening interstate communications.
Robert Lemke sent threatening messages to Congress members and journalists in the weeks after the election and on the day of the Capitol insurrection, prosecutors said.
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