The real story is that he's the first to be arrested for what is an obvious crime. I hope others follow and weenie judges don't let them walk with probation and a warning. Let them do some real jail time.
ZitatCLEVELAND, Ohio — A Fairview Park man has been charged in federal court with tweeting an Election-Night threat against Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
A criminal complaint unsealed Monday says that Zachary Benson made the posts on Twitter early Wednesday morning, right before most major news outlets declared Trump the winner.
"Diplomacy. F---ing fools. I hate you all. I want to bomb every one of your voting booths and your general areas."
"My life goal is to assassinate Trump. Don't care if I serve infinite sentences. That man deserves to decease existing."
A U.S. Secret Service agent interviewed Benson late Wednesday. He admitted to making the threats and was apologetic, the complaint says. Benson is charged with making threat to a successor to the presidency.
He turned himself in Thursday and made his first appearance in front of a judge on Monday. Preliminary and detention hearings are scheduled for later