Man Sentenced For Threatening U.S. Senator, Justice Department Announces

A Las Vegas man was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for threatening Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and her family.

“The threats against these U.S. Senators and their families were vile, dehumanizing, and shameful,” said Sue J. Bai, head of the National Security Division.

“Today’s sentence reflects the Department’s firm resolve to holding accountable those who seek to intimidate and harm our public officials. Such threats of violence have no place in our country,” Bai added.

A Las Vegas man who left irate voicemails to Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen, including one where he threatened to “finish what Hitler started,” was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

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From the Justice Department:

According to court documents, from Oct. 11 to 25, 2023, John Anthony Miller left numerous threatening voicemails at the offices of two U.S. Senators. Miller threatened to assault and murder a U.S. Senator with intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere with U.S. Senator while engaged in the performance of official duties, and with intent to retaliate against the U.S. Senator on account of the performance of official duties.

The following week, on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, Miller threatened to assault and murder a member of the immediate family of two U.S. Senators, with intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere with the U.S. Senators while engaged in the performance of official duties, and with intent to retaliate against the U.S. Senators on account of the performance of official duties.

Miller pleaded guilty to one-count of threatening a federal official and two-counts of influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening a family member. U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey presided over the sentencing hearing.

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From the Associated Press:

In October 2023, Miller made several threatening calls and left a series of threatening voicemails containing antisemitic slurs to Rosen. In some of them, he referenced the Israel-Hamas war and the Holocaust, according to prosecutors.

Miller also went to a federal courthouse in Las Vegas, looking for Rosen, but he was turned away after refusing to provide identification, prosecutors said. Outside the courthouse, he shouted threats against Israelis. He was arrested a week later and has been in custody ever since.

Jess Marchese, Miller’s lawyer, said Miller struggles with a drug addiction and was high on methamphetamine at the time of the crimes.

“I felt the sentence was a little harsh for a nonviolent offender with a minimal criminal record, but we respect the court’s ruling and look forward to John moving forward and dealing with his addiction,” Marchese said in a text to The Associated Press.

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AP also emailed Rosen’s office Wednesday. At the time of Miller’s arrest, a spokesperson for Rosen’s office said in a statement that threats against public officials should be taken seriously.

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