Man Gets 3 Years In Federal Prison For Threatening To Kill Dr Fauci

The US Department of Justice released a report saying that a man named Thomas Patrick Connally Jr. threatened to kill Dr. Fauci and will be getting a sentence of 3 years in Federal prison.

After sending emails threatening Dr. Anthony Fauci and another federal health official for talking about the coronavirus and initiatives to stop its spread, a West Virginia man was sentenced on Thursday to three years in federal prison.

Thomas Patrick Connally Jr. threatened to kill Fauci or members of his family through an anonymous email account with a Swiss email address, according to a news release from the US Department of Justice. They would be "dragged into the street, beaten to death, and set on fire," according to one of his emails.

According to court records, another email stated that Fauci would be "hunted, captured, tortured, and killed."

Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health in ...

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