A New York man has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal prosecutors say.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York man has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to Republican CongresswomanJoseph Morelli, 51, admitted to threatening to harm Greene in several March 2022 calls to her Washington, D.C., office, theIn one voicemail message, according to prosecutors, Morelli said, “I’m gonna hurt you. Physically, I’m gonna harm you.” In another, prosecutors said, he threatened to “pay someone 500 bucks to take a baseball bat and crack your skull.
Morelli, of Endicott, New York, was indicted in April 2022 on three counts of transmitting interstate threatening communications. Endicott is a village located about 10 miles west of the city of Binghamton. Morelli pleaded guilty on Wednesday and faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced on June 1, prosecutors said.Greene, who was first elected to Congress in 2020, has been criticized for embracing conspiracy theories and suggesting that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be executed for treason.The Associated Press
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