The man from Florida, who was sentenced to prison for threat to the Foreign Minister of Colorado, Jena Griswold

A federal judge in Florida sentenced a man to more than two years in prison for repeating the Foreign Minister of Colorado, Jena Griswold and other officials.

Richard Glenn Kantwill, 61, was convicted in Tampa on Tuesday. In addition to the prison period, he received three years overlapping and has to pay more than 10,000 US dollars in fines.

Kantwill was guilty in November in November to four charges of the intergovernmental transfer of a threat. The Ministry of Justice said in a statement that between September 2019 and July 2020 he sent more than 100 impending e -mails and social media contributions to several people who are “based on their political comment”. These threats aimed at an “author, a religious figure and a television personality”, although the department did not name them.

The public prosecutor said that Kantwill also sent threats to four public figures from April 2022 to April 2024, including one election officer from outside of Florida. Although the Ministry of Justice did not specify who, Griswold's office has confirmed that it was the official Kantwill, who was targeted during this time.

“The threats to intimidate the election officers are unacceptable. It is important that threats like this are taken seriously and that bad actors are calculated for their actions, ”said Griswold's office in an explanation. “I would like to thank the law enforcement authorities and the prosecutors who brought this man to court.”

Kantwill's threat to Griswold was her role in the legal dispute over today's President Donald Trump's ability to appear in Colorado's primary voice.

The Supreme Court of Colorado disqualified Trump in December 2023 because of its alleged role on January 6, 2021 in the United States Capitol from the main state mood. However, this decision was overridden by the Supreme Court of the United States in March 2024 when the judges said they counted votes for Trump. The verdict solved the way for Trump's victory in the general elections later this year.

According to Griswold's office, Kantwill claimed that he was part of an examination of Griswold and threatened her with physical violence and used in his messages with deleted and misogynistic language. It is unclear whether he has ever made a trip to Colorado.

Since the beginning of the ballot case in September 2023, Griswold has “received over 2,300 violent threats or death threats,” said her office. At least three people have admitted, or were convicted, threatened them, including Kantwill.