US man charged for making death threats against Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton
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Aman from the US state ofPennsylvaniawas charged with making online threats to kill outgoing United States (US) President Joe Biden and senior Democratic leader Hillary Clinton, American media reported on Wednesday (Nov 6).
The man was identified as Gregory Mitzel. A report by CNN said that he allegedly posted the threats hours following the first assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 13.
The threats against Biden and Clinton
On July 13, Mitzel allegedly wrote on Facebook, "Hey Hillary, you missed the next one’s coming for you and Joe." Citing court documents, CNN reported that in another post the next day, Mitzel said, "Joe you are going down you and Hillary are going down. You will be in a crosshairs. Thank you.”
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And in a third post, the man said, "The next step in this process has to be somebody put a bullet in Joe Biden’s head.”
A threat against US attorney
Prosecutors also alleged that Mitzel threatened to kill the US attorney who was handling the investigation into his threats against Joe Biden. CNN reported that the Pennsylvania man now faced several charges including threatening to kill the US president and threatening a federal official.
The above developments came as the US began voting in the presidential election on Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania is among the seven battleground states that will likely decide who will win the election – RepublicanDonaldTrump or Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Trump alleges cheating in Pennsylvania
Ahead of poll closures in Pennsylvania,Trump said on social media that there was talk of massive cheating in the state, adding, that law enforcement was on the way.
He did not provide details, and there was no immediate indication of what he was referring to, and his spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment about what he meant.
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Election Day voting had proceeded relatively smoothly across Pennsylvania, with a few counties reporting problems with ballot tabulators.
Asenior official at the federal cybersecurity agency said that there was no evidence of widespread fraud in Pennsylvania.
(With inputs from agencies)