{"id":2441007,"date":"2025-05-30T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-threatened-to-kill-election-officials-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:08:56","slug":"man-who-threatened-to-kill-election-officials-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-threatened-to-kill-election-officials-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who threatened to kill election officials sentenced to three years in prison &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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-threatened-to-kill-election-officials-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-washington-examiner%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=2441007&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>Teak Ty Brockbank has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening to kill election officials in Arizona and Colorado. He had pleaded guilty to making these threats between 2021 and 2022 against prominent figures, including Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is now the governor. In court, while prosecutors recommended a three-year sentence to deter similar threats against election workers, Brockbank sought leniency by claiming he acted under the influence of alcohol and was isolated, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >consuming online conspiracy theories<\/a>. U.S. District Court Judge Kato Crews emphasized the need for a serious penalty due to the increasing threats against public officials. Brockbank was reportedly influenced by extremist content on social media platforms and conspiracy theories like QAnon. Griswold remarked on the issue of rising threats against election officials, asserting her commitment to not being intimidated.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Man who threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-question-pritzkers-tax-veto-pledge-say-trump-should-cut-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Some question Pritzker\u2019s tax \u2018veto\u2019 pledge, say Trump should cut funding - Washington Examiner\">kill election officials sentenced<\/a> to three years in prison<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2080419\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Teak Ty Brockbank was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for threatening to kill Democratic election officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brockbank <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-officials-threats-colorado-arizona-brockbank-665f3d46559b776eb22ab9b5b5a85e5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pleaded guilty <\/a>last year to making threats between 2021 and 2022 against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/katie-hobbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Katie Hobbs<\/a>, now the state&rsquo;s governor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3426079\/bondi-ends-american-bar-association-oversight-trump-judicial-nominations\/\">Bondi ends American Bar Association oversight for Trump judicial nominations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3425699\/bongino-promises-video-footage-prove-epstein-suicide\/\">Bongino promises to release video footage to prove Epstein&#8217;s suicide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3426055\/whitmer-disappointed-trump-consider-pardons-kidnapping-plotters\/\">Whitmer &#8216;very disappointed&#8217; Trump weighing pardons for kidnapping plotters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While federal prosecutors sought three years in prison, Brockbank asked for leniency, claiming he made the posts under the influence of alcohol, and that he was socially isolated and consuming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/conspiracy-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">online conspiracy theories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said in a court filing that his prison sentence was warranted in part to deter other people from threatening election officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Threats to elections workers across the country are an ongoing and very serious problem,&rdquo; wrote Jonathan Jacobsen, a Washington-based trial attorney for the Justice Department&rsquo;s public integrity.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Court Judge Kato Crews said during sentencing that the penalty &ldquo;needed to be serious enough to deter others, particularly because threats against public officials are on the rise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brockbank spent time on social media sites such as Gab and Rumble, the alternative video-sharing platform, which has been criticized for allowing and promoting right-wing extremism.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ward, his attorney, said these websites delivered &ldquo;the message that the country was under attack and that patriotic Americans had a duty to rise up and act.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the filing, &ldquo;the digital personas he followed reinforced the idea that online speech was a battlefield and that he had a role to play.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ward also said Brockbank was influenced by the QAnon conspiracy theory. Court filings noted that Brockbank regularly consumed content on Rumble from Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, and Michael Flynn, Trump&rsquo;s first national security adviser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3401202\/trump-first-100-days-party-billed-official-anything-but\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>A PARTY FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS WAS BILLED AS &lsquo;OFFICIAL&rsquo; &mdash; IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Griswold said that &ldquo;the far right has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-lying-about-misinformation-to-justify-tyranny\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Lying About \u2018Misinformation\u2019 To Justify Tyranny\">spread conspiracy theories<\/a> to incite threats and violence against secretaries of state and election officials.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not be intimidated,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2080419\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2080419\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man sentenced to three years for threatening election officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2441009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/voting-election-ballot-measures-coming-back-2026.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50403,38504,33211,12447,32076],"class_list":["post-2441007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crime-2","tag-election-threats","tag-legal-news","tag-sentencing","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/voting-election-ballot-measures-coming-back-2026.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441011,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441007\/revisions\/2441011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}