An Encino man who said he would kill employees of the Boston Globe after the paper called on news organizations nationwide to denounce President Trump’s attacks on the media pleaded guilty to making threatening calls.
Robert Chain leaves a Los Angeles courthouse after being released on bail on Aug. 30, 2018. His wife, attorney Betsy Staszek Chain, is by his side.
Robert Chain, 68, pleaded guilty to seven counts of making threatening communications in interstate commerce, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said in a statement.He faces five years in prison per count at sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 23. “He is anxious to make a full, public apology, expressing his sincere remorse to those he affected,” Weinreb said in an email last month.after authorities said he made 14 calls threatening the lives of Globe staff in retaliation for its coordinated and nonpartisan editorial response to Trump’s frequent attacks on the news media.
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