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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu May 27, 2021, 10:39 AM May 2021

Man charged with threatening to kill Biden

A New Mexico man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and others in text messages he sent to people in two states. John Benjamin Thornton is charged with using interstate commerce communications to send a threat to injure another person. The rambling texts allegedly from Thornton provided as evidence in a criminal complaint include statements that he was "taking leadership of revolutionary Army called the 3%ers," an apparent reference to the anti-government Three Percenters group.

According to the complaint, Thornton, calling himself a "revolutionary war general," texted: "5 stars after I execute Joe Biden for Treason."
The messages also claim that a Canadian computer company was using a device to "Tunnel into the Brainwaves of ALL Methamphetamine users Brainwaves, globally." ...
and added, "My ex wife is a traitor and is likely to be executed by my new government."

The FBI said the messages were sent from a phone owned by Thornton and
included a photo of him.

Thornton is being held without bond, according to Doña Ana County Jail records, and he had not been appointed an attorney as of Wednesday afternoon. Thornton is scheduled to appear remotely for a federal court hearing Friday morning.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/politics/man-charged-threaten-kill-biden-texts/index.html

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Man charged with threatening to kill Biden (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2021 OP
Dude, your wife left you. Aristus May 2021 #1
Yeah he seems like a nice guy. lpbk2713 May 2021 #2
Ah, another stable genius. dhol82 May 2021 #3
Obviously musclecar6 May 2021 #4
I guess "tourist season" is heating up. (nt) Pinback May 2021 #5
His breakfast is crystal meth, vodka, and Fox and Friends." Botany May 2021 #6
Hope his wife has a restraining order MontanaMama May 2021 #7
That's the first "duck lips" mug shot I have ever seen. GoCubsGo May 2021 #8
Just... sheshe2 May 2021 #9

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
7. Hope his wife has a restraining order
Thu May 27, 2021, 10:51 AM
May 2021

and/or someone looking after her. He may take it upon himself to execute her himself.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
8. That's the first "duck lips" mug shot I have ever seen.
Thu May 27, 2021, 11:00 AM
May 2021

Somebody is really full of himself. He fits right in with the MAGA crowd: malignant narcissist and deluded.

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