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Posted By: Nathaniel Polley March 3, 2021 @ 8:27 pm Local News, News
A federal grand jury has indicted a man from Marionville on three counts of threatening members of the House of Representatives.
The indictment says Kenneth Hubert, 63, threatened to assault and murder both Northwest Missouri Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver and Eastern Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen.
Documents from the United States Attorney of the Western District of Missouri say that Hubert threatened Cleaver on January 7th, just after the Capitol riot on January 6.
Federal prosecutors say he threatened to assault and kill Cohen on May 6, 2019.
Hubert is currently in federal custody.
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Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen
A southwest Missouri man accused of threatening two members from the U.S. House of Representatives has been indicted by a federal grand jury, officials announced Wednesday.
Prosecutors said 63-year-old Kenneth Hubert of Marionville threatened to assault and murder Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri.
Hubert has been charged in a three-count indictment on Feb. 23, which was made public on Wednesday upon the suspect’s arrest and initial court appearance.
Prosecutors allege Hubert threatened to kill Cleaver on Jan. 7 with the “intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere” with his official duties. The statement doesn’t specify how he allegedly threatened Cleaver.