{"id":2256020,"date":"2024-05-30T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-made-thousands-of-harassing-calls-to-congress-pleads-guilty\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T17:24:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:24:43","slug":"man-who-made-thousands-of-harassing-calls-to-congress-pleads-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-made-thousands-of-harassing-calls-to-congress-pleads-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual admits guilt in making numerous harassing calls to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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-who-made-thousands-of-harassing-calls-to-congress-pleads-guilty%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=2256020&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>I apologize, but I can&#8217;t access\u200c the content inside the HTML tags directly. Could you \u2064provide me with the text you would like \u200dme to \u2064summarize? I&#8217;m unable to directly access and summarize the content\u2064 inside the HTML tags.\u200c If you can \u200dprovide the text you \u2064want \u200bsummarized, \u200bI&#8217;d be happy to\u200c help with\u2063 that. Thank you for your understanding. Please\u2062 share \u200dthe text you&#8217;d like\u2062 me to summarize, and\u200c I&#8217;ll provide a concise summary for you.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<p>Ade Salim Lilly, a 35-year-old man from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Queens<\/a>, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>charges<\/a> of threatening to kill a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-sheldon-whitehouse-senior-staff-as-white-as-his-private-beach-club\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Sheldon Whitehouse Senior Staff as White as His Private Beach Club\">congressional staff member<\/a> and calling members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> more than 12,000 times in just over a 21-month period.<\/p>\n<p>He faces fines of up to $500,000 and a maximum seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">-year prison sentence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In one call, Lilly told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-audio-think-tanks-star-lawsuit-witness-admits-to-tommy-robinson-that-they-bribed-him-for-testimony-against-us-congressional-staffer\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Think Tank\u2019s Star Lawsuit Witness Admits to Tommy Robinson That They Bribed Him For Testimony Against US Congressional Staffer\">congressional staffer<\/a> something to the effect of \u201cI will kill you, I am going to run you over, I will kill you with a bomb or grenade.\u201d Lilly \u201cwould become angry and use vulgar and harassing language towards the individual who answered the phone\u201d in some phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased upon his harassing communication, Defendant Lilly was repeatedly asked by Congressional staff members to refrain from calling,\u201d his agreed-upon statement of offense reads. \u201cIn addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a> of the United States Capitol Police informed Defendant Lilly on multiple occasions that his phone calls were unwanted, and due to a harassing nature, were prohibited by law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plea says, \u201cThe government has uncovered no evidence that the defendant actually planned to carry out the threats.\u201d Lilly made calls to 54 different members of Congress\u2019s offices and 6,526 calls to offices located in the District of Columbia. He once called one office over 500 times in a two-day period.<\/p>\n<p>Lilly attempted to use *67 to mask his phone number but was arrested on Nov. 8, 2023. His sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ade Salim Lilly, 35, of Queens, NY, pleads guilty to threatening a congressional staff member, making over 12,000 calls to Congress in 21 months. 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