CA Man Charged w/Threats to Boston Globe, Aug. 2018

[Fairy1]

U.S. man charged in 'enemy of the people' threats to Boston Globe

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities on Thursday charged a California man with threatening to kill Boston Globe employees for the newspaper's role leading this month's defense of press freedoms by hundreds of U.S. news organizations against attacks by President Donald Trump.

Prosecutors said Robert Chain, 68, called journalists "the enemy of the people" in threatening phone calls that echoed the phrase Trump has used to criticize unflattering news coverage through his campaign and years in office.

 

[MindHunter13]

Yet another display of how much influence the MSM truly plays within American society.

 

[Jennifer17]

Yet another display of how much influence the MSM truly plays within American society.

Hasn't it always and not just American society. Where have people traditionally got their news?

 

[Fairy1]

Yet another display of how much influence the MSM truly plays within American society.

Nah. Just another example of a looney toon nutter. IMO, of course.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Robert Chain gestures as he leaves the courthouse after being released on bail on August 30, 2018. His wife, an attorney, is by his side.Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images file

Man who threatened Boston Globe may have also called New York Times, NFL, prosecutor says

Robert Chain, who lives in Encino, California, faces seven counts of use of interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat to injure another person

Investigators are probing whether a man accused of threatening to kill journalists at the Boston Globe after calling them "the enemy of the people" made similar threats to the New York Times and National Football League, a federal prosecutor in Massachusetts said on Monday.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney George Varghese said authorities were investigating other threatening calls Chain made.
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Noting that 19 firearms were found in Chain’s home in California after his Aug. 31 arrest, Varghese asked a federal magistrate judge to require Chain to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet to ensure he does not approach those organizations.
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Chain, who lives in Encino, California, faces seven counts of use of interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat to injure another person. Each count carries a maximum five-year prison term.

On Aug. 16, the day the editorials ran, Chain called the Globe’s newsroom and threatened to shoot employees in the head at 4 p.m, prosecutors said. The threat prompted authorities to station police outside the paper’s Boston building.

Varghese did not detail the content of the calls he said Chain made to the Times and NFL.

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