New York Man Arrested for Threats to Kill Officials, Including AOC, Pelosi, Schumer

New York Man Arrested for Threats to Kill Officials, Including AOC, Pelosi, Schumer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is seen in Washington on Jan. 15, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Authorities have arrested a New York man who allegedly made repeated threats on social media to murder Democratic members of Congress and urged a violent overthrow of the government.

Brendan Hunt, a part-time actor and filmmaker who sometimes used the alias “X-Ray Ultra,” was taken into custody in Queens on Tuesday by the FBI’s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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