A Miami nurse has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, the Justice Department announced
Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday to a six-count indictment, including charges of threats against the vice president. Phelps is scheduled for sentencing on November 19. She faces up to five years in federal prison.Phelps admitted during a plea hearing in district court in Florida that she sent her husband, who was in prison, a 30-second video of herself threatening to kill Harris in February.Prosecutors said the videos show Phelps making threats and screaming curse words.
She claimed that she had accepted $53,000 to carry out the"hit" against Harris within 50 days, the Justice Department said.After sending these videos, Phelps sent a photograph of herself holding a firearm with a target sheet at a gun range. Two days later, Phelps applied for a concealed weapon permit, prosecutors said.
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