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TexasTowelie

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Sun Mar 19, 2017, 06:02 PM Mar 2017

Maryland man accused of sending seizure-inducing tweet to Kurt Eichenwald who has epilepsy

A Maryland man was arrested Friday on a cyberstalking charge in connection with allegedly sending an epilepsy sufferer an animated Twitter message telling the victim that “you deserve a seizure,” federal officials said.

The victim has been identified as a Newsweek writer who is a critic of President Trump.

Newsweek said the victim was Kurt Eichenwald, a senior writer. The Justice Department said that after viewing the strobe image, the victim “immediately suffered a seizure.”

Eichenwald has written for Newsweek about having epilepsy.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/md-man-arrested-in-alleged-cyber-attack-on-trump-critic/2017/03/18/0ebde176-0b8d-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

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Maryland man accused of sending seizure-inducing tweet to Kurt Eichenwald who has epilepsy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
Sue that motherfucker. Into a grocery cart. Doxx him too. elehhhhna Mar 2017 #1
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