A Tennessee man has been charged with making threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama.
Kyl Alton Hall, 37, allegedly made numerous threatening posts on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on July 27, 2024.
In the posts, Hall reportedly threatened to kill, assassinate, and shoot President Biden, as well as crash the president’s plane. He also made threats to assassinate Vice President Harris and former President Obama.
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A federal indictment returned on August 20, 2024, charged Hall with two counts of threatening a sitting president and vice president under Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 871(a), and one count of threatening a former president under Section 879(a)(1). Each charge carries a potential sentence of up to five years in prison.
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The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Will Crow of the National Security and Civil Rights Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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