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The Texas man who was indicted last year and accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., in a series of phone calls has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, federal officials announced Monday. Brian Michael Gaherty, 61, from Houston, Texas, was sentenced Monday and fined $10,000 for his crimes, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California. The release also noted that United States District Judge R.
' The four occasions were all via voicemail, which Gaherty left on Waters' district office phone in Los Angeles County, according to the release. In each of the four voicemail messages, Gaherty posed a violent threat and used profanity, as well as racist and misogynistic language. In the August 2022 incidents, according to the release, Gaherty threatened to 'put a cap' between Waters' eyes, 'cut throat,' and 'stomp' her.
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