NEW: Michigan's AG Dana Nessel says she was targeted last month by a 'heavily armed' man who threatened injury and death to Jewish members of the state's government.
The man, Jack Eugene Carpenter III, tweeted threats against "anyone that is jewish in the Michigan govt," according to a criminal complaint.Bill Pugliano / Getty Images fileMichigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel was targeted last month by a"heavily armed" man who threatened injury and death to Jewish members of the state's government, she said Thursday morning.
Nessel said Thursday in a tweet that the FBI confirmed she had been one of the officials targeted by"the heavily armed defendant in this matter." Carpenter had also threatened violence against law enforcement in his tweets, according to the criminal complaint.
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