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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Justice Department charges Texas man over threat to ‘put a bullet’ in Georgia election officials

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FBI agents have arrested a Texas man accused of using Craigslist to call for the killing of election administrators and other officials the day before a mob stormed the halls of Congress on 6 January, 2021.

Federal prosecutors have accused Chad Stark of using the website to issue a call for “Georgia Patriots” to “put a bullet” in federal, state and local officials, according to a three-page indictment filed on 21 January.

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