A Georgia man was arrested by the FBI on federal charges for making threatening interstate communications against a black senator who criticized neo-Nazis in the wake of the deadly “United the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“I am going to kill that motherf*cker,” Jason Kenneth Bell of Cochran, Georgia allegedly threatened during an October 23 phone call to the Washington, DC office of Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) — the Senate’s only Republican of color. Scott was one of many Republicans who criticized Presdient Donald Trump for claiming there were “fine people” among the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville.
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reports that the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bell in March on state charges of making terroristic threats in calls to CNN’s office in Atlanta.
“Yeah he is an ignorant motherf*cker, g*dd*mn, I can’t stand that motherf*cker. Saying that neo-Nazi and white people are the problem. I am going to kill that motherf*cker,” charging documents allege Bell said.
A staffer for Sen. Scott tried to obtain the caller’s information, however the man hung up. But then, “approximately 15 minutes later” he called back and identified himself.
Bell proceeded to leave ten voice mail messages for the senator. Bell repeatedly self-identified and even provided his phone number.
