DETROIT — Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed charges against a New Hampshire woman accused of texting threats to the chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers following the presidential election
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FBI arrests woman for sending pictures of a mutilated body and threatening the family of election official who refused to certify Biden s win in Michigan
Katelyn Jones, 23, was charged with threatening violence through interstate commerce in connection to the threats that were sent to Monica Palmer
Palmer was slammed for refusing to certify and then attempting to rescind her vote to certify the close to 878,000 votes from Michigan s largest county
The election official received numerous threatening texts from an unknown person who used a cellphone number with a 269 area code
Company records that showed a 269 number that was made 10 minutes before Palmer got her first threatening message
Ms. Jones texted Ms. Palmer two graphic photos of a bloody, deceased, nude mutilated woman lying on the ground, according to court documents. Those two photos were followed by a third photo of Ms. Palmer’s minor daughter.
“I’d just like you to imagine that’s … your beautiful daughter,” Ms. Jones said of the texts, according to a criminal complaint.
Ms. Palmer and the other Republican member of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers held up certification of the vote, citing unbalanced ballot totals from the polls. Under intense public pressure, they relented and certified the results.
They later attempted to unsuccessfully rescind their votes and decertify the results.