A 61-year-old Texas man was sentenced on June 17 to 33 months in federal prison and fined $10,000 for making threatening phone calls to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
District Judge Gary Klausner found that Brian Michael Gaherty, 61, of Houston, targeted the congresswoman with violent threats because of her race. A “hate-crime enhancement” was applied to his sentence, the DOJ said in a press release.
