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An Ohio man who threatened to kill Arizona governor Katie Hobbs in 2022 has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
Joshua Russell, 44, was sentenced in federal court on Monday. He pleaded guilty to sending threatening messages to then-Arizona Secretary of State between 2 Aug 2022 and 15 November 2022.
At the time, Ms Hobbs was the state’s top election official and running for governor against Donald Trump ally Kari Lake.
Between August and the end of the 2022 midterm elections, Russell, of Bucyrus, Ohio, made several calls to the Arizona Secretary of State’s office threatening to kill Ms Hobbs, say prosecutors.
He called her a traitor, warned her that a “war” was coming, claimed she was a communist, and insisted that she was committing election fraud.
“This message is for traitor [Ms …
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