OK man pleads guilty to threatening GOP officials’ lives
An Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Government Officials
An Oklahoma man, Tyler Jay Marshall, has pleaded guilty to the interstate transmission of threatening communications against several government officials, including Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). Marshall, 36, used social media platform Twitter, now known as “X,” to send threats to bomb or shoot the officials, as well as Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with their families.
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According to court records, the FBI became aware of Marshall’s threatening behavior on or around March 15 and subsequently arrested him on May 19. Initially facing a two-count indictment for threatening to murder a U.S. official and interstate transmission of threatening communications, Marshall accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to the second charge. As part of the deal, he acknowledged that he knew his posts would be perceived as genuine threats.
One instance involved Marshall replying to a Mother’s Day post from Stitt with a detailed threat to bring guns to an event where the governor was speaking and shoot him. Another incident occurred when he responded to a tweet from DeSantis criticizing diversity, equity, and inclusion training with the comment, “I’ll see you dead in your home,” as reported by the Daily Oklahoman.
In a reply to a tweet from Sanders, Marshall wrote, “Can’t wait to murder your family. See you soon.”
The defendant argued that he had created the account solely to troll Republican legislators and claimed to have been intoxicated when he did so.
The investigation was a collaborative effort between the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Enid Police Department.
Marshall now faces a potential sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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