A man was arrested in Georgia for allegedly sending threats to director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
"The home you two own in Texas is a legitimate target and will be hit at a time and place of our choosing," another said.
"Prepare to die, you, Tulsi, and everyone you hold dear. America will burn," Amin allegedly wrote in another text.
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"Threatening to harm public officials is a criminal act that cannot be excused as political discourse," Acting U.S. Attorney Richard S. Moultrie, Jr. said in a statement regarding the arrest. "Our Office, in coordination with our law enforcement partners, will vigorously prosecute individuals who commit these acts of violence."
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams, holds up Gabbard's commission for her new role as director of National Intelligence. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Federal agents say they also discovered similar threats allegedly made by Amin in social media posts, including an image depicting a firearm pointed at a photograph of Gabbard, and a second image of a firearm pointed at a photograph of Gabbard and her husband.
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Federal agents recovered a firearm while executing a warrant to search Amin’s home.
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