Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Omar of Minn.
Source: Associated Press
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Patrick Carlineo entered the plea Monday in Rochester, admitting to charges that carry up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for Feb. 14.
U.S. Attorney James Kennedy Jr. said the case highlights that free speech rights carry the responsibility “that individuals not make threats to harm lawmakers simply because they may disagree with them.”
Omar, a Democrat, is among the first Muslim women in Congress. Her office had no immediate comment on Carlineo’s plea.
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But he did not actually do it.
(Sarcasm thingie goes here)
Patrick Carlineo: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Patrick Carlineo Jr. is a 55-year-old Trump supporter from New York who is accused of threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar. The first-term Congresswoman from Minnesota is the first Muslim woman and first Somali-American to be elected to the House of Representatives and has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump and his Republican allies. Carlineo was arrested April 5 and charged with threatening to assault and murder a United States official, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York said in a press release.
Carlineo, of Addison, New York, in Steuben County, near Rochester, called Omar’s D.C. office on March 21 and threatened to shoot and kill the congresswoman, prosecutors said. The threat was passed along to the FBI for an investigation and that led to Carlineo’s arrest on a criminal complaint.
Carlineo, a singer and songwriter, has a long history of anti-Muslim posts on social media, including some calling for violence and harm against those who practice Islam. Carlineo was interviewed by the FBI and told agents, “he was a patriot, that he loves the President, and that he hates radical Muslims in our government,” according to court documents. Carlineo had a .22 caliber rifle and a shotgun in his home, the FBI said.
Omar, one of several Democrats elected as the party retook the House in November 2018, has not issued an official statement about the arrest. But on Twitter, Omar retweeted radio host Ahmed Bedier, who shared a link to a story about the case and wrote, “Anti-Muslim rhetoric from #trump @GOP @FoxNews and others can kill. consequences Feds Arrest. Thank God this Trump fan was arrested before he could Kill Rep. @IlhanMN #Islamophobia.”
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https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/patrick-carlineo/
Oley doesn't owe anyone an apology, ever. Sounds like Trump.
Oley could have been a psychiatrist, but he felt he could not help far more people as a politician.
