Breaking: Federal prosecutors charge Louis Capriotti, 45, of Chicago Heights with threatening violence at the presidential inauguration next week....
...U.S. Attorney's office says he left a voice mail for a NJ congressman on Dec 29 stating, "We will surround the [expletive] White House and we will kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn."
...If people "think that Joe Biden is going to put his hand on the Bible and walk into that [expletive] White House on January 20th, they’re sadly [expletive] mistaken.," his message allegedly said.
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... Capriotti, who was arrested near his home this morning, is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. He is due in federal court in Chicago at 3:30 pm today, per US Attorney's office.
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Another fine felony bond court session in which the judge cannot be heard, but everyone else can be. It's not nearly as useful. #Chicago
It's a mystery as to how everyone else can hear the judge on the stream, yet his audio cannot be heard on the YouTube feed. Doesn't the Zoom call just go onto YouTube directly? Apparently not.
BREAKING: The man who suspended himself from the side of Trump Tower in a 14-hour standoff with @Chicago_Police SWAT negotiators just escaped from a private ambulance, saying he has a mission to complete. #Chicago
...The 20th District is now trying to push this case to the 19th District since it started as a road rage incident on LSD. (The 19th district border is over a mile away). #BorderWars#ChicagoScanner#Chicago