"Rising Threats: DOJ Investigates, Sentences for Election Worker Threats"

Joshua Russell, who made death threats against then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. This comes after a separate individual was sentenced to three and a half years for making a bomb threat against Hobbs in 2021. The Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force has charged roughly 20 defendants for engaging in threats to the elections community, with seven federal cases involving out-of-state individuals making threats in Arizona. US Attorney General Merrick Garland emphasized that threatening violence against election workers will have consequences, and the Justice Department will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute such cases.