'We Will Hunt You Down': Whistleblower's Lawyer from First Trump Impeachment Recounts Death Threats

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Against Him That Recently Sent a Man to Prison

In early June, a man who threatened the lawyer for the whistleblower associated with former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment was sentenced to one year in prison. National Security Attorney Mark Zaid remembers the incident well—because he was that lawyer. In the latest episode of Law&Crime’s podcast “Objections: with Adam Klasfeld,” Zaid recounts his phone ringing incessantly with messages from angry Trump supporters in late 2019.

“I received about half a dozen what I consider to be genuine death threats that crossed the line,” Zaid reflects. “The first one I remember had nothing but the title in the email: ‘a bullet in your head.’ Okay, well, that one’s different.”

One of those threats came from 54-year-old Brittan Atkinson, who served more than six months in pretrial detention when he was arrested last year. He will serve an additional five months in prison as a result of his recent sentence.

“The actions in this case are very alarming,” Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin said in a statement on June 10, when a federal judge in Michigan issued the sentence. “Once free speech crosses the line and becomes a threat, you can rest assured that the full extent of the law will be brought to bear. No one should be threatened for simply doing their job.”

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