The Justice Department revealed prices this week in opposition to a Texas man who allegedly stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 and threatened on social media to kill US Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Prosecutors requested a decide on Friday to maintain the person, Garret Miller, in jail forward of a court docket look, in accordance with court docket data. They revealed 5 legal prices within the US District Court of the District of Columbia in opposition to Miller on Wednesday, together with for making loss of life threats and trespassing offenses.
Images of social media posts allegedly authored by Miller, which seem to announce his journey to the Capitol and threaten the lifetime of Ocasio-Cortez in addition to a Capitol Police officer, are cited within the court docket submitting.
Prosecutors mentioned Miller made quite a few threatening remarks on-line, together with one occasion wherein he commented “next time we bring the guns” on a Twitter video displaying rioters exiting a Capitol constructing.
As rioters broke into the Capitol, Ocasio-Cortez frightened that her colleagues in Congress may reveal her location to the mob, placing her in danger for kidnapping or worse, in accordance with an Instagram Live video she recorded on Jan. 12.
Ocasio-Cortez additionally mentioned she skilled “a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die” on Jan. 6, including that she couldn’t get into specifics for safety causes, in accordance with a Washington Post account of the video. “I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive.”
A spokeswoman for Ocasio-Cortez declined to remark. Miller was arrested on Wednesday and a detention listening to is deliberate for Monday.
