Colorado man who threatened Nancy Pelosi denied release by federal judge
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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DENVER â A federal judge has ordered a Colorado resident to be held in detention after being charged for threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
FBI agents arrested Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. a week ago inside a hotel room at a Washington, DC Holiday Inn, according to an arrest warrant.
Meredith gave consent for agents to search his phone, where they found text messages threatening to put a bullet in her [Pelosi s] noggin on Live TV, court documents say. Agents also found a Glock 19, a pistol, a Tavor X95 assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside his camper-style trailer, which was seized.
Cleveland Meredith, a North Carolina man charged with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will be held pending trial, Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey ordered Thursday.
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A man accused of threatening to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser in disturbing text messages last week has been ordered detained before trial. A judge on Thursday said 53-year-old Cleveland Meredith of North Carolina would pose a certain danger to the community were he to be released.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey said the government has a strong case to prove Meredith made a true threat, meaning that he communicated a serious intent to cause harm in the wake of the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Harvey called Meredith s alleged threats numerous, graphic, and of a level of intensity of concern to the court.
Approximately 40 charged in Superior Court
This man, Richard Barnett, of Arkansas, was one of 13 people charged in Federal court in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Here he is shown in Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office, filming himself.
Thirteen individuals have been charged so far in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. In addition to those who have been charged, additional complaints have been submitted and investigations are ongoing.
“The lawless destruction of the U.S. Capitol building was an attack against one of our Nation’s greatest institutions,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin. “My Office, along with our law enforcement partners at all levels, have been expeditiously working and leveraging every resource to identify, arrest, and begin prosecuting these individuals who took part in the brazen criminal acts at the U.S. Capitol. We ar
About 10 new charges announced by the Justice Department on Thursday rammed home the message from law enforcement that it will find the participants in the siege of the Capitol that killed five people, including a Capitol Police officer.