A Montana man, Richard Rogers, is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for threatening former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Rogers, 45, of Billings, faces potential prison time after being convicted of threatening a member of Congress and making harassing phone calls to the FBI and congressional staff.
The incident stemmed from Rogers' anger over the government's failure to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over his hometown. Prosecutors revealed that Rogers made over 100 calls to McCarthy's office in just 75 minutes, delivering the threat to a staffer one day after the Pentagon confirmed tracking the spy balloon, which was later taken down off the Atlantic Coast.
