联邦检察官称，一名新罕布什尔州男子上周被捕，并被指控威胁杀害一名美国参议员。
调查人员在一份书面陈述中称，来自新罕布什尔州富兰克林的66岁的布莱恩·兰德里(Brian Landry)据称于5月17日在参议员的地区办公室留下了一封威胁性的语音邮件，该邮件被转交给了美国国会大厦警方。
“嘿笨蛋我是个经验丰富的狙击手。除非你改邪归正，否则我的瞄准镜正对着你，我要来抓你了。根据证词，兰德里被指控说:“你是一个行尸走肉的死人。”。
检察官没有指明兰德里据称针对的参议员，只是说这位立法者于2021年1月3日上任。
在通过电话记录被确认后，当被当局询问时，兰德里说，他“对某些政客处理退伍军人重要权利项目的方式极其愤怒，”证词称。
根据证词，他还“说他在新闻上看到(参议员)正在阻止军事晋升”，并打电话给参议员的办公室，“因为他对他在新闻上看到的内容感到愤怒”。
当局在刑事指控宣誓书中说，在与兰德里交谈时，他“最初表示，他不记得他在语音邮件中到底说了什么。”后来，他“承认他可能说过那些话，但否认有任何意图或欲望实施暴力。”
兰德里被指控威胁袭击、绑架或谋杀一名国会议员，如果罪名成立，他将面临长达10年的监禁。
据检察官称，他于周五下午首次出庭。他的下一次听证会定于7月12日。
他没有列出可以代表他发表评论的律师。他还没有提出抗辩。
NH man allegedly threatened senator over military promotion block: 'Coming to get you'
A New Hampshire man was arrested last week and charged with threatening to kill a U.S. senator, federal prosecutors said.
Brian Landry, a 66-year-old from Franklin, New Hampshire, allegedly left a threatening voicemail at the senator's district office on May 17, which was referred to U.S. Capitol Police, investigators said in an affidavit along with Landry's criminal complaint.
"Hey stupid I'm a veteran sniper. And unless you change your ways, I got my scope pointed in your direction and I'm coming to get you. You're a dead man walking you piece of f------ s---," Landry is accused of saying, according to the affidavit.
Prosecutors did not identify the senator whom Landry allegedly targeted beyond stating that the lawmaker took office on Jan. 3, 2021.
When questioned by authorities after being identified through phone records, Landry said he was "extremely angry with certain politicians over their handling of important entitlement programs for veterans," the affidavit states.
He also "said he saw on the news that [the senator] is blocking military promotions" and called the senator's office "because he was angry about what he saw on the news," according to the affidavit.
Authorities said in the criminal complaint affidavit that while talking with Landry, he "initially stated that he did not recall exactly what he said in the voicemail he left." Later, he "acknowledged he may have said those things, but denied any intentions or desire to commit violence."
Landry is charged with threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a member of Congress and faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
He made his first court appearance on Friday afternoon, according to prosecutors. His next hearing is set for July 12.
He does not have a lawyer listed who could comment on his behalf. He has not yet entered a plea.
