Man invokes 'enemy of the people' in threats of violence against newspaper
A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making a series of violent threats to employees at the Boston Globe in retaliation for the newspaper's editorial campaign against political attacks on the news media by President Donald Trump and others, officials said.
Robert D. Chain, 68, of Encino, California, was taken into custody on one count making threatening communications in interstate commerce, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice.
In one threat the newspaper received on Aug. 22, Chain allegedly stated that his threats would continue "as long as you keep attacking the President, the duly elected President of the United States, in the continuation of your treasonous and seditious acts...," according to a nine-page criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
“Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but threatening to kill people takes it over the line and will not be tolerated,” Harold Shaw, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Division, said in a statement. "Today's arrest of Robert Chain should serve a warning to others, that making threats is not a prank, it's a federal crime."
"All threats are taken seriously, as we never know if the subject behind the threat intends to follow through with their actions."
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