Emmy-nominated cameraman sentenced to 6 months of house arrest for issuing death threat to Matt Gaetz and his family
A five-time Emmy-nominated cameraman was sentenced on Thursday to six months of home confinement for issuing a death threat to Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and his family.
Eugene Huelsman, 59, called Gaetz's congressional office on January 9, 2021, and left a profanity-filled voicemail threatening the GOP representative,He pleaded guilty in April to one count of making an interstate threat, per court documents seen by Insider. "Tell [Matt Gaetz] to watch his back, tell him to watch his children, tell him to watch everyone. I'm coming for him," Huelsman said in the voicemail, the documents show."I hope you die in a shallow grave, you despicable tyrant," Huelsman said at the end of his voicemail, per court records.
US District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell II also sentenced Huelsman to five years of probation and a $10,000 fine, court documents show.that the cameraman sent in the emotionally charged voicemail because he was upset about the January 6 Capitol riot.as"good people" and"patriotic Americans." Fallgatter also told Politico that Huelsman has"lost all of his employment" due to his arrest in California in October.
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