Utah man accused of threatening to kill members of Congress

[inanna]

By Brady McCombs
The Associated Press
Thu., June 6, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he threatened to kill members of Congress during a three-year stretch with more than 2,000 phone calls to the U.S. Capitol and profanity-laden tirades about Democrats threatening the presidency of Donald Trump.

In one call last month, Scott Brian Haven dialed the office of an unnamed U.S. representative and purported to be standing right behind him and ready to “shoot him in the head” because “the Russians want him taken out because he is trying to remove a duly elected President,” according to charging documents unsealed Wednesday.

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Haven commonly alluded to him and other gun owners taking matters into their own hands, charging documents show.

He told a staffer for an unnamed senator in September 2018 that there were “far more Second Amendment people than whiny, crying liberals,” the documents said.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2019/06/06/utah-man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-members-of-congress.html

[Timewas]

1. Some of them

May run into a huge surprise when the discover that some "liberals" are as well
or better armed than they think.

[inanna]

3. This shit really worries me.

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[maxsolomon]

4. I'm not armed at all.

But there also aren't many "2nd Amendment People", either.

[Progressive Jones]

8. I know quite well that you speak the truth. nt

[47of74]

10. I no longer judge our side if they feel the need to arm themselves

If people feel the need to be armed because of all the crazy Branch Trumpvidians I figure they can go for it.

[mindem]

2. Another pro-life conservative - NT

[ROB-ROX]

5. SENT THE CRAZY BASTARD TO PRISON

Domestic Terrorist which are always CRAZY TURDS. These people do not have any common sense and they are drones. I think sending these nuts to prison where they can fight out their beliefs with a better class of people. I think these nuts will have their pencil neck ass kicked......

[inanna]

7. Problem is....

We have no accurate way to determine how many more out there are exactly like him, and armed as well?

SPLC tracks white supremacist and neo nazi groups, but it is hard to know how many belong to each of these groups.

[gratuitous]

6. The charging documents are certainly circumspect

From the story: "The names and political affiliations of the members of Congress who were threatened are not included in the charging documents." I'd take a wild guess as to the political affiliation.

But since this is apparently a first offense (an online check by the AP didn't turn up any criminal records in Utah for Scott Brian Haven), he'll probably get a stern talking-to from the judge. Unless he's also charged with threatening to beat up the federal officer who chatted with Mr. Haven.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. It never ceases to amaze me that despite all the egregious harm Trump has done to this country

And to American citizens, it always seems to turn out that the anger and threats come from those who inexplicably continue to support him.