A man who repeatedly threatened to kill an Arizona election official was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, as investigators warned of increasing hostility towards poll workers ahead of this year's high-stakes US votes.
US President Joe Biden delivers his third State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024. A man who repeatedly threatened to kill an Arizona election official was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, as investigators warned of increasing hostility towards poll workers ahead of this year’s high-stakes US votes.
Hobbs, who is now governor of the southwestern state, has for years been the target of vitriol from people who falsely believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.His narrow loss in Arizona was one of several key upsets that saw Joe Biden swept into the White House, with the previously Republican-led state becoming something of a Ground Zero for election deniers.
Federal charges have also been filed against five other people who have made threats against officials in the state.“Death threats are not debate,” said John Keller, a member of a Justice Department task force dedicated to the security of election officials in the United States.
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