NEW YORK (WABC) New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been identified as the target of a series of threats from a California man.
Authorities say 35-year-old Robert Lemke was arrested Tuesday at 6 a.m. in Bay Point, California, on charges that he sent threatening texts to Jeffries brother during the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
A spokesman for Congressman Jeffries confirmed that he was the member of Congress who was allegedly threatened by the retired Air Force captain. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is the Member of the House of Representatives referenced as Congressman-1 in the criminal complaint recently unsealed in Manhattan federal court, the spokesman said.