Pelosi threat: Man held
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April 9, 2010, Friday
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A CALIFORNIAN man has been arrested for making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over legislation overhauling the United States health care system, a federal law enforcement official and Pelosi's office said on Wednesday.
The official declined to give further details because the case remained under seal in federal court in California, but it marked the latest arrest for threats sent to lawmakers who supported the legislation.
"There have been a number of threatening communications sent to members of Congress since the bill was passed. We take them seriously. You are going to see more people being arrested because of that," the official said.
Pelosi's office said the FBI had arrested a suspect accused of making threatening phone calls to the lawmaker.
"After an investigation into threats made against Speaker Pelosi, an arrest has been made in San Francisco," Pelosi's spokesman Brendan Daly said.
"The Speaker thanks the FBI, the Capitol Hill Police, House Sergeant at Arms, and other law enforcement officials for their professionalism in this matter."
The California Democrat played an important role in pushing through the legislation backed by President Barack Obama to revamp the country's health care system.
The speaker ranks second in the line of succession to the presidency, right after the vice president.
Prosecutors in Washington state said on Tuesday a 64-year-old man had been arrested and charged with threatening to kill Democratic Senator Patty Murray because of her votes backing the health care legislation.
(Reuters)
The official declined to give further details because the case remained under seal in federal court in California, but it marked the latest arrest for threats sent to lawmakers who supported the legislation.
"There have been a number of threatening communications sent to members of Congress since the bill was passed. We take them seriously. You are going to see more people being arrested because of that," the official said.
Pelosi's office said the FBI had arrested a suspect accused of making threatening phone calls to the lawmaker.
"After an investigation into threats made against Speaker Pelosi, an arrest has been made in San Francisco," Pelosi's spokesman Brendan Daly said.
"The Speaker thanks the FBI, the Capitol Hill Police, House Sergeant at Arms, and other law enforcement officials for their professionalism in this matter."
The California Democrat played an important role in pushing through the legislation backed by President Barack Obama to revamp the country's health care system.
The speaker ranks second in the line of succession to the presidency, right after the vice president.
Prosecutors in Washington state said on Tuesday a 64-year-old man had been arrested and charged with threatening to kill Democratic Senator Patty Murray because of her votes backing the health care legislation.
(Reuters)
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