A former employee of Voice of America was arrested and charged on Thursday for allegedly making repeated threats against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and her family for over 15 months.
In a Thursday press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced that 64-year-old Seth Jason had been arrested by U.S. Capitol Police and the Anne Arundel Police Department and charged with “influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment.”
According to Fox News, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro explained that Jason, who has been identified as a former employee of the government-funded Voice of America news organization, “repeatedly and continuously” made threats against Greene and her family from October of 2023 to January of 2025. The outlet noted that Jason worked at Voice of America until retiring a few months ago.
Pirro told reporters that in one of Jason’s alleged threats against the Republican congresswoman, he said, “I’m looking forward to your book signing. We are all armed and ready to take care of you. We’re coming after you and your staff, and we are locked and loaded. We’re going to take you all out. We’ve got our AK-47s. You’re going to get one between the eyes. Bam, bam, bam.”
According to Thursday’s press release, the investigation by U.S. Capitol Police found that Jason’s threatening phone calls were made from multiple phones connected to Voice of America’s control rooms and studios. The press release added that Jason made eight calls in fifteen months and threatened to use firearms to “kill Rep. Greene, her staff, and their families.”
In a statement to Fox News, Greene said, “For 15 months, I received terrifying death threats from one individual who worked alarmingly close to my office building at the Voice of America. That kind of sustained, targeted harassment is deeply disturbing. I truly feared for my life, as I do with all of the death threats I receive.”
“I want to thank U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Senior Advisor Kari Lake, the Capitol Police, and the prosecutors who took this threat seriously and acted decisively to stop someone who was planning to kill me,” Greene added. “Threatening an elected official, their family, or their staff is not free speech; it’s a crime, and it must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. My family and I are incredibly grateful. Justice must be served.”
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