The message was posted in June 2023, according to the DOJ.
FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on June 4, 2024.A Georgia man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened violence against FBI Director Christopher Wray in a message posted online last year, the Department of Justice said.
Prosecutors allege that Woodbury posted a message on the online message board 4chan "that threatened violence against FBI Director Wray and others" on June 7, 2023. Woodbury was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month on the charges of threats by interstate communications and threats to a federal law enforcement officer. He has not entered a plea to the charges. Online court records did not list any attorney information.U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia, whose office is prosecuting the case, called threats against law enforcement officials "especially heinous.
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