Robert Francis Pratersch faces 15 years in jail after threatening to kill the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
A man has been found guilty of threatening to record himself beheading Vermont senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the style of the Islamic State militant group .
The case against the defendant was investigated by the FBI and the United States Capitol Police. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Vincent S. Chiu. In his message to Sanders, Bukoski wrote: “Senator, I would watch your back as you’re out today…You wouldn’t want to be caught off guard when I use my second amendment protected firearm to rid the world of you, you stupid, crazy old fool,” reported Fox 10 Pheonix.
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