Zoë Richards is a politics reporter for NBC News.
An incoming West Virginia state lawmaker was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill other state lawmakers. Joseph de Soto, who was elected in November to serve as a delegate in the West Virginia House, was arrested by troopers early Thursday morning after an investigation showed he 'had made several threatening/intimidating threats against government officials,' West Virginia State Police Lt. Leslie T. Goldie Jr. said in a statement.
The complaint named a handful of Republican state lawmakers, including Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates Roger Hanshaw, as targets. Hanshaw didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. 'When asked what he meant by using the word 'kill,' he advised God called him to kill them,' the complaint said. In an email provided to police by the witness, de Soto wrote that the delegates 'can all go to hell, I will send them there as commanded.
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