Prosecutors said a man was arrested in New York for “claiming to be a Democrat” on social media and threatening to “slap” the FBI.
Prosecutors said Brian Maronani, 54, was arrested from his home on Staten Island, along with members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, FBI agents and New York Police Department officials.
According to papers filed in the Eastern District of New York, Maiorana was charged in a federal complaint that he was a sen. Opponents, including Chuck Schumer, (DNY), law enforcement members and elected officials have complained of death threats and orders.
A judge in federal court in Brooklyn ordered his detention pending bail hearing, prosecutors said.
His attorney, James Dero, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Miorana could not immediately be reached for comment by family members on Wednesday.
Mayorana has been detained behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while awaiting a Nov. 24 hearing.
Acting U.S. Attorney Seth Ducharm said, “The Department of Justice will not stand idly by when it threatens to kill elected officials, law enforcers, and law enforcement officers out of hostility toward the election result.”
“Americans have a right to have their say, but this office fee will not tolerate violence or threats of violence with which they are used to intimidate those who disagree.”
Prosecutors said Miorana threatened law enforcement and elected officials on social media a few days after the September presidential election. The allegations did not specify on what social media platforms Maiora shared her violent messages.
In October, Maiorana posted on social media that “it has come to the point where pipe bombs need to be thrown at these crowds of potentially non-violent violent protesters,” prosecutors said.
Nov. On May 5 – as officials continued to count the votes – Meirona said “the massacre needs to come in the form of the annihilation of anyone who claims to be a democracy,” including family members, according to court papers.
Three days later, after the media presented Joe Biden as President-elect, Maiorana added: “Refers to a 1978 novel about the violent uprising of the U.S. government, where the nuclear and racial war took place. Came.
The anti-government novel has a strong influence on white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups, as well as, according to lawyers, as an inspiration for acts of terrorism, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Prosecutors said members of the task force found a semiautomatic pistol in a raid on their home, but Miorana was banned from carrying a weapon after he was convicted of sexual assault in New York in 2007.
