Man who threatened Pelosi, Mayorkas sentenced to 11 months in prison

Source: The Hill

03/27/24 8:48 PM ET


A California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2023, to two counts of making threats against a federal official after a grand jury indicted him on Sept. 12, 2023.

Just 15 days after the Jan. 6, 202,1 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Carrier called then-Speaker Pelosi’s office and threatened to assault her in a voicemail message. A year and a half later, on June 30, 2022, Carrier called the DHS hotline and threatened to assault Mayorkas in a voicemail message.

In pleading guilty, Carrier admitted that he intended to interfere with Pelosi’s and Mayorkas’s respective abilities to perform their official duties as a member of Congress and as the secretary of DHS.

“Participating in the public political conversation is an important right for all citizens,” U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey said in a DOJ press release. “Nevertheless, threatening our public servants is not protected by the First Amendment and corrodes our ability to engage in peaceful and important public discourse. This Office will not tolerate behavior that crosses the line to criminal threats.”

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