{"id":1546213,"date":"2022-07-10T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546213"},"modified":"2022-07-10T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T05:19:11","slug":"man-arrested-over-alleged-threat-to-colorados-top-election-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-over-alleged-threat-to-colorados-top-election-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested Over Alleged Threat to Colorado\u2019s Top Election Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-arrested-over-alleged-threat-to-colorados-top-election-official%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546213&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-colorado\">Colorado<\/a> state police arrested a man accused of threatening the state\u2019s top election official, court records showed on Friday, the first such detention since authorities began strengthening laws on election-related threats last year.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk Wertz, 52, was arrested on Wednesday night and placed in Denver\u2019s jail, the records show. He faces a felony charge of \u201cretaliation\u201d against an elected official.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of June 30, the office of Secretary of State Jena Griswold received a threat from a caller, according to Griswold\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, I\u2019ve got a message for the Secretary and I want you to pass it along: The angel of death is coming for her in the name of Jesus Christ,\u201d Griswold\u2019s office said the caller stated.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest is the first for an election-related threat since Colorado lawmakers in May 2021 passed legislation criminalizing retaliation against elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>Griswold, a Democrat, said in a statement that threats were being used to intimidate election officials \u201cin an effort to destabilize democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wave of violent threats directed at election officials and workers across the county is extremely concerning,\u201d Griswold added.<\/p>\n<p>Wertz did not have a lawyer listed on the court documents and efforts to contact him were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Tyler, the communications director for the Denver District Attorney\u2019s Office, said she was not immediately able to provide guidelines for the punishment Wertz could face.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-reuters\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado state police arrested a man accused of threatening the state\u2019s top election official, court records showed on Friday, the first such detention since authorities began strengthening laws on election-related threats last year. Kirk Wertz, 52, was arrested on Wednesday night and placed in Denver\u2019s jail, the records show. 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