Man arrested for threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Maryland man faces federal charges after threatening Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Justice Department said.
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A Maryland man has been arrested and accused of blackmailing R-Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family and members of staff, federal prosecutors announced on July 17.
Seth Jason, 64, of Edgewater, Maryland, was arrested by the Capitol Police and Anne Arundel Police Department, according to the District of Columbia’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. Court records show that by threatening his family, Jason affected federal officials, affecting interstate communications with threats, tricks or threats to injuries, and interstate communications through anonymous telecommunications harassment.
He is scheduled to appear in the first court on July 17th.
From October 11, 2023 to January 21, 2025, Jason made a threatening call to Green’s district office, prosecutors said. The release states that Jason is an employee of Voice Of America in the United States, and that the phone was created from the “Studios and Control Rooms at Voice of America headquarters.”
“In eight calls made over 15 months, Jason threatened to use firearms to kill Rep. Green’s staff and his family,” federal prosecutors said.
USA Today contacted US Voice and as of July 17th, no comments were received. The Anne Arundel Police Department said in a statement that Jason is an unarmed volunteer reserve officer but is no longer affiliated with the department.
“For 15 months, I was subjected to a horrifying death threat from one individual who had worked in an American voice incredibly close to my office building,” Green said in a statement to USA Today. “Such persistent targeted harassment is deeply disturbing. It is not free speech to threaten an elected official, his family, or staff. It is a crime and must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The arrest comes after lawmakers called for more security funds and 24-hour safety measures following the assassination of Minnesota lawmakers and her husband in June. Interim U.S. lawyers for Jeanine Pirro of the District of Columbia said at a press conference Thursday that Cole threatened Green’s family, staff and staff members, pointing to one call Jason allegedly threatened to kill Green with the book’s signature.
“You are threatening civil servants, and you are crushed by you and facing the full power of the law,” Piro said. “There is no mercy or excuse.”
Jason faces up to 27 years in prison if convicted of all charges. The attorneys listed in Jason’s court records could not comment.
