A Houston man, who left a voicemail saying he wanted to cut Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ throat, has been arrested and charged for his threats against the California politician.
Authorities said the man used a T-Mobile TracFone to make calls for four consecutive months in 2022 to harass the second-most senior member of the California congressional delegation, Click 2 Houston reported. When he could not get through to an actual voice, the man left racist and violent messages on the office’s phone system.
Brian Michael Gaherty, 60, was arrested and charged with transmission of a threat to injure the person of another interstate commerce on Thursday, April 13.
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An affidavit presented by U.S. Capitol police agent Michael Guest stated between the months of August and November 2022, Gaherty called the congresswoman’s California office and spoke to her staffers, hurling vile comments and threats. He also reportedly left a series of threatening messages, including multiple death threats, in August.
“Further investigation by USCP agents revealed that GAHERTY used the same phone number to leave at least four racist voicemails threatening to kill or assault Congresswoman Waters between August and November 2022, including a threat to ‘cut your black ass throat’ n—-‘ on August 8, 2022,” the USCP said in an affidavit.
In another message, FOX News reports, he said, “Hey, you Black b—-. You f— with my people man. All that racism s— b—-, you up in age, 80 years old and s—, trying to remember 1960 and all that bulls—. And causing controversy b—-. We got something for your ass now b—-, you Black motherf—–. Yeah, we coming for you bro.”
The last straw for the office was a call made on Nov. 16, 2022, at 4:37 p.m. This time when…
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