A Las Vegas man has been charged with 22 criminal counts of threatening to kill federal judges and other officials in New York and Washington, the Department of Justice announced. Announced Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors say Spencer Geer is accused of sending multiple phone calls and emails threatening to kill judges and other federal employees between November and this month. He was charged with 10 counts of threatening federal employees and 12 counts of sending communications containing threats to injure.
The court documents do not name the judges who were threatened, but the initials provided appear to identify two judges involved in former President Trump’s lawsuits: Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over two civil cases against Trump in New York, and Judge Juan Marchan, who presided over Trump’s criminal trial in New York.
POLITICO report Gere also sent threatening letters to five Washington District Court judges: Beryl Howell, Regi Walton, Christopher Cooper, Zia Cobb and Colleen Koller Kotelly.
“The public who rely on us to serve the public should be able to do their jobs without fearing for their lives,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The Department of Justice has zero tolerance for acts of violence or threats targeted at public servants, and we will stop at nothing to find those responsible and hold them to justice.”
Geer’s trial is scheduled for September 24. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison for threatening a federal officer and up to five years for sending threatening letters.
