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US charges Texas man with threatening Georgia election officials

Attorney General Merrick Garland has promised to do 'whatever it takes' to hold people accountable for the January 6 riot at the US Capitol [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]

The United States Department of Justice has charged a Texas man with posting an online threat against election officials in Georgia, a US state that former President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence cost him the presidency in 2020.

Chad Stark, 54, was arrested by the FBI and was due to appear in federal court in Austin, Texas, on a criminal charge of threatening three Georgia election officials, the department announced on Friday.

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