Killing or life taking threats are illegal, and one would be certainly arrested for such actions. Chad Christopher Stark also made a threat against Georgia election officials.
Threats to election officials became increasingly common but, it doesn’t mean one can just throw the comment, and none will take action against such inappropriate behavior.
Who Is Chad Christopher Stark?
Chad Christopher Stark, from Leander’s arrest, is the first known arrest brought by the department’s Election Threats Task Force, which launched last summer.
He is identified in the indictment as a resident of Texas who posted threatening messages to Craigslist. He wrote, “If we want our country back we have to exterminate these people…
we need to pay a visit to [Official C] and her family as well and put a bullet her behind the ears,” a legal filing quoted him as saying. Initially, his targets were not immediately clear.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “The Justice Department has a responsibility not only to protect the right to vote but also to protect those who administer our voting systems from violence and illegal threats of violence.”
The department’s Election Threats Task Force, working with partners across the country, will hold accountable those who violate federal law by using violence or threatening violence to target election workers fulfilling their public duties.”
Update On Chad Christopher Arrested For Texas Voting Violence
According to the indictment, Christopher wrote, “Georgia Patriots it’s time for us to take back our state from these Lawless treasonous traitors. It’s time to invoke our Second Amendment right it’s time to put a ballet in the treasonous Chinese [Official A].
Then we work our way down to [Official B] the local and federal corrupt judges.” The 54 years old, Texas, then was arrested by FBI agents for voting violence.
He targeted Georgia officials in particular and flood them with hostile messages after they refused to back President Donald Trump’s bogus claims of election fraud.
What Are Chad Christopher Charges?
The Texas man, Chad Christopher was charged with the threatening election and other government officials in Georgia. In the first case brought by a Justice Department task force formed over the summer to combat such threats, authorities said.
The federal prosecutors alleged Christopher, posted a message on Craigslist on January 5, 2021, saying it was “time to kill” an official however, the name is not included in the court documents.
He faces one charge of communicating interstate threats which, carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. He has not yet entered a plea to the charge.