Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder Family of FCC Chairman

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Source: US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Virginia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 29, 2018

Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder Family of FCC Chairman

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was arrested today in Los Angeles on charges of threatening to kill the family of Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, for Pai's role in repealing regulations relating to net neutrality.

According to court documents, on or about Dec. 19 and 20, 2017, Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk, allegedly sent three emails to Chairman Pai's email accounts. The first email accused Chairman Pai of being responsible for a child who allegedly had committed suicide because of the repeal of net neutrality regulations. The second email listed three locations in or around Arlington, and threatened to kill the Chairman's family members. The third email had no message in its body, but included an image depicting Chairman Pai and, in the foreground and slightly out of focus, a framed photograph of Chairman Pai and his family. The FBI traced the emails to Man's residence in Norwalk, California, and when initially confronted in May 2018, Man admitted to the FBI that he sent the email threatening Chairman Pai's family because he was "angry" about the repeal of the net neutrality regulations and wanted to "scare" Chairman Pai.

Man is charged with a threatening to murder a member of the immediate family of a U.S. official with the intent to intimidate or interfere with such official while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with the intent to retaliate against such official on account of the performance of official duties. If convicted, Man faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Berrang is prosecuting the case.

The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, the Federal Protective Service, and the Arlington County Police Department provided significant assistance in this investigation.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:18-mj-289.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/man-arrested-threatening-murder-family-fcc-chairman

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A 33-year-old California man has been arrested on charges of threatening to kill the family of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

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[sandensea]

1. I bet A Shit Pie arranged the "threat" himself

Very Goebbels-esque of him.

[dawn frenzy adams]

4. A Shit Pie?

Thank you so much for that fitting name. I'm totally going to use it.

[sandensea]

5. Hey, if the shoe fits right?

[onenote]

8. One of the dumbest things I've read here in a while.

This jackass threatened Pai's kids. I'm rooting for him to get a still prison sentence.

[arithia]

2. fuck's sake, what is wrong with people? n/t

[dawn frenzy adams]

3. Too bad Ajit Pai wasn't arrested.

For being the right-wing sycophantic weasel that has taken the citizens property, the internet, and given it to private enterprise.

[onenote]

9. he was just one of three votes.

Yes he's the Chairman, but he gets the same number of votes as the other Commissioners. And knowing his background, the question can be asked, why did Obama name him to the Commission back in 2011.

[RhodeIslandOne]

11. He was the most smug and condescending about it

Fuck him.

[Glorfindel]

6. Makara Man? Ajit Pai? G. Zachary Terwilliger? Sound like characters from a Dickens novel!

n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

7. We are ceasing to be a nation of plurality and compromise

mutually exclusive ideologies are confronting one another, and one side has all the power

it's not good

[Julian Englis]

10. If he had threatened a reporter, tRump would have praised him. n/t