San Antonio Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Faces up to ten years in prison if convicted
James Amos Headley, 59, threatened to kill Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his family.
The San Antonio Express-News reports:
A San Antonio-area man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and members of his family.
The official that James Amos Headley, 59, is accused of targeting is not identified in court records, other than by the initials T.C., and prosecutors and the FBI won’t name him. The San Antonio Express-News confirmed that it is Cruz through other sources.
“Pretty soon you’re gonna be runnin for your life, just hope your family is not with ya because I’m not gonna insult them, I’m gonna kill them, right after I shoot you right in front of them,” court documents quote Headley as saying in a July 11 voicemail left at the official’s office at the U.S. Capitol.
Agents quietly arrested Headley last week on a federal felony charge of threatening to assault and murder a public official with intent to impede, intimidate and interfere with the official and his duties. Headley remained in jail Thursday, and his court hearing this week was postponed until next week.
Apparently, Headley is a disgruntled Trump supporter who thought Cruz wasn’t doing enough to support the president.
The San Antonio Express-News continues:
The Express-News confirmed through law enforcement sources and other sources familiar with the matter that Headley, of Universal City, supports President Donald Trump and was upset with Cruz’s stance on unspecified issues that don’t align with Trump’s views.
. . . . Headley admitted to the FBI that he was mowing the lawn, then came inside and watched the news.
“Defendant told agents he was upset with T.C.’s position on different policies and decided to call and leave a message demonstrating an intent to impede and intimidate a U.S. official,” the affidavit said.
Headley also acknowledged having a Beretta pistol in the house, the affidavit said.
. . . . Headley faces up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted.
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The Express-News confirmed through law enforcement sources and other sources familiar with the matter that Headley, of Universal City, supports President Donald Trump
All sources anonymous, of course. As per standard practice when it comes to gratuitous rubbishing of the Right.
I sort of think this, as well, Tom. But who knows? Mentally-unstable people exist on both sides, and it’s not like the Trump train didn’t demonize Cruz. Shrug, who knows?
Is he kinfolk of the Castros?
What about the people who threaten President Trump?