一名来自蒙大拿州的男子因多次向国会发言人Kevin McCarthy发出威胁性电话而被定罪，罪名包括威胁要袭击麦卡锡及两项骚扰电话指控。联邦陪审团在周三判定该男子有罪。
据法庭文件显示，该名叫Richard Rogers（45岁）的男子在2023年2月3日的75分钟内向麦卡锡办公室拨打了超过100次威胁性电话，并在这期间还向FBI举报热线拨打过150多次电话。其电话内容充满着粗俗、冒犯以及身体上的威胁言语。
助理美国检察官Thomas Godfrey指出：“人们不能如此交谈，这是常识。他的致电不仅是出于政治抗议，而是为了获得满足感。” Rogers在法庭上辩称，他受中国气球事件影响，向麦卡锡办公室拨打了数十次电话（覆盖了从联邦调查局到美国总统拜登的各种话题），这些行为是为了表达“公民不服从”理念。
Rogers宣称：“他们对我表现出不尊重，所以我用同样粗鲁的言语回敬。” 对其在国会职员和接待员上的侮辱性语言指控，法院将根据法规对他进行审判。具体为：对于威胁一名国会议员的指控面临最多6年监禁及25万美元罚款；两项骚扰电话罪名则可能判处最高2年监禁与同样数额的罚金。
该男子被安排在1月31日接受宣判，预期将受到法律惩处。
新闻来源：www.foxnews.com
原文地址：Man convicted for dozens of threats against former Speaker McCarthy over Chinese balloons
新闻日期：2024-10-03
原文摘要：
A man from Montana has been convicted after making dozens of threatening phone calls against the Speaker of the House. Richard Rogers, 45, made over 100 threatening calls to then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office after the U.S. government shot down a Chinese balloon over Montana. A federal jury on Wednesday found Rogers guilty of threatening to assault McCarthy as well as two counts of harassing telephone calls. ALASKA MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS AGAINST 6 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES Rogers made over 100 calls to McCarthy's office in the course of just 75 minutes on Feb. 3 of last year, prosecutors said. He also made over 150 calls to the FBI tip line between 2021 and 2022. Authorities say that his calls were frequently filled with vulgar and offensive statements, as well as physical threats. 'SHOOT IT DOWN': MONTANA GOP DEMAND BIDEN TAKE OUT SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON HOVERING OVER US FOR DAYS "You can’t talk to people that way. It’s common sense," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Godfrey. "He’s calling not out of political protest; he’s calling because he gets enjoyment out of it." Rogers argued in court that his dozens of calls to McCarthy's office — inspired by the Chinese balloon but commenting on everything from the FBI to President Biden — were a form of "civil disobedience." "They were disrespectful to me, so I was disrespectful to them," Rogers said of his abusive language used against congressional staff and receptionists. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Rogers is set to be sentenced on Jan. 31. He faces a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $250,000 fine for threatening to harm a congressman. On the harassment conviction, he faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
