The defendant, upset about vaccine mandates, also harassed other health officials, prosecutors say.
Thomas P. Connally, 56, of Snowshoe, W.Va., used an anonymous account from a provider of secure, encrypted email services to send messages to Fauci, threatening him and members of his family, prosecutors said. One of the emails described by prosecutors said Fauci, now one of President Biden’s chief medical advisers, would be “dragged into the street” along with his loved ones, and “beaten to death, and set on fire.”Maryland man charged with threatening Anthony S.
As part of a plea deal, the U.S. attorney’s office said, Connally also admitted threatening Francis Collins, who was director of the National Institutes of Health at the time, and Rachel Levine, a former Pennsylvania secretary of health who is now a top official of the Department of Health and Human Services. Connally also admitted threatening a public health official in Massachusetts, the office said.
Prosecutors said Connally, who pleaded guilty to a single charge of making threats against a federal official, was angry aboutGiftOutline
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