A supporter of former President TrumpDonald TrumpTulane adds Hunter Biden as guest speaker on media polarization Trump discussing resumption of MAGA rallies: report Biden’s unavoidable foreign policy crisis MORE has been found guilty of threatening to kill lawmakers before President BidenJoe BidenTulane adds Hunter Biden as guest speaker on media polarization Trump discussing resumption of MAGA rallies: report Biden’s unavoidable foreign policy crisis MORE’s inauguration in January.
A jury in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn handed down the verdict for Brendan Hunt, a Queens resident, on Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. Hunt could face up to 10 years in prison.
Authorities said Hunt had posted a video on social media shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot titled “KILL YOUR SENATORS: Slaughter them all.”
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Hunt said in the video that people should take guns to Biden’s inauguration later that month and “literally just spray these motherf—ers.”
Authorities said Hunt also posted on Facebook in December that he wanted Trump to “hold a public execution of pelosi aoc schumer etc” or else “the citizenry will,” referring to Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiFive takeaways from Biden’s address to Congress Biden offers traditional address in eerie setting Biden makes case for sweeping change MORE (D-Calif.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezNYPD cancels use of robotic dog after backlash Trump supporter found guilty of threatening to kill lawmakers Six House Democrats ask Garland to review case of lawyer placed under house arrest over Chevron suit MORE (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles SchumerChuck SchumerSenate hears from Biden’s high-profile judicial nominees for first time Nonprofit with ties to Biden 2020 campaign rolls out voting rights initiative USDA denies Biden trying to limit red meat: ‘This is a fabrication’ MORE (D-N.Y.).
While the jury in Brooklyn convicted Hunt on one count of threatening to murder lawmakers, it found that the posts from 2020 were not criminal.
Hunt was an employee of the New York State Office of Court Administration and a part-time filmmaker and actor before he was arrested a day before Biden’s inauguration. He was later suspended and then fired.
Hunt’s attorneys attempted to argue that their client’s speech was comedy and that jurors needed to watch how he “cracks up” during the January video. Hunt also tried to argue that he was intoxicated during the video and had no real intention of following through with any of his comments.
Hunt was not a part of the Capitol riot and said he was shocked when police raided his home. While the charge did not stem from the Capitol breach itself, it was the first known case where a jury weighed the events of Jan. 6 in its verdict, The New York Times reported.
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