The Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force released a statement Thursday giving updates on four people in various states accused of , harassing vote officials , as Nov. 5 nears.
Teak Brockbank, 45, from Colorado, pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening two vote officers, a judge and federal law enforcement agencies between September 2021 and July of this year.
Florida man Richard Kantwill, 61, was charged Monday with sending a risk to an poll established in February. Additionally, he is accused of menacing three others “based on their social criticism in 2019 and 2020.”
According to the ETTF, 62-year-old Philadelphia native John Pollard was also charged with allegedly threatening to kill a Pennsylvania standard recruiting surveys monitors.
A third man, 60-year-old Brian Ogstad from Alabama, was sentenced this week to 30 months in prison for threatening crime against Arizona poll workers after , that country’s 2022 elections.
” As we approach Election Day, the Justice Department’s warning remains obvious: Everyone who illegally threatens an poll worker, recognized or charity will face the consequences”, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement addressing the aforementioned innovations.
The Nov. 5 vote is expected to be fiercely contested. Democratic member Kamala Harris leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by fewer than two points, according to data experts at FiveThirtyEight.
Some Trump followers , became violent , after he lost the 2020 election and fraudulently claimed the operation was  , manipulated. The 78-year-old Queens local continues repeating those promises and warning that second week’s vote , was be , fixed against him.
In the DOJ’s statement, FBI Director Christopher Wray said,” The fact that poll workers need to be concerned about their safety is unfathomable and unacceptable.”
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