A Montana man has been charged with with threatening the life of a Democratic U.S. senator. The man left muliple voicemail threats to injure and murder the U.S. Senator.
has been charged with threatening the life of Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester via voicemails left at his Kalispell office, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Kevin Patrick Smith, 45, pleaded not guilty Thursday to two felony counts of threats to injure and murder a U.S. Senator during a hearing in Missoula. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto ordered SmithSmith’s public defender, Andy Nelson, said Smith is presumed innocent. The first count refers to calls made Jan. 30 and the second is for messages left Feb. 10, after the FBI had warned Smith against making any more threats.
The voicemails included threats to"rip your head off" and were laced with profanity. The caller acknowledged in a recording that he was threatening Tester"on purpose," court records said.The FBI met with Smith on Feb. 1 and told him toHowever, an initial complaint said threatening voice messages were left at Tester's office on Feb. 10, 11 and 13 from Smith's number in which the caller talks about not pulling a gun's trigger until he knows what he's aiming at.
A Montana man has been charged for aggressive threats he made to the Democratic U.S. senator over voicemail.
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