An Oceanside man who threatened to kill Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York in a voicemail message left at Schumer's Washington, D.C. office was sentenced Friday to five months in prison.
The attorney described McGuire's behavior at the time as"screaming into the void in perhaps the most unhealthy way possible" and"a cry for help."
Kohnen also argued that when looking at other cases involving threats to public officials, defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach received 45-day sentences on average. McGuire told U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson that he took"full responsibility for my vulgar and despicable actions."
While Robinson credited McGuire for making strides through treatment and counseling since the incident, the judge said he was troubled by the prolonged conduct that included not just Schumer, but other elected officials. "You can have a robust disagreement with public officials, but the fact of the matter remains that those individuals are entitled to go about their daily business without receiving unwarranted threats from constituents or any other members of the public," Robinson said prior to imposing the prison sentence.
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