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Man arrested in John Boehner threats
By Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan
5-9-14

An Indiana man was arrested Thursday night at his home for allegedly threatening Speaker John Boehner because Congress has not extended unemployment insurance, according to the Justice Department.

Brandon James Thompson was receiving unemployment checks for $341 each month, and they ended Jan. 11, according to an FBI affidavit. Thompson allegedly made a number of threats on Boehner’s website and to his wife’s cell phone. Thompson had a concealed carry permit and no criminal history, the FBI said. He admitted to the threatening calls, the FBI said.

Thompson, of New Castle, Ind., allegedly left a message on Boehner’s website March 31, calling Boehner (R-Ohio) “drunk John Bin Laden” and threatening to take his life “with my sniper rifle” because he wanted to “play with 2.7 million lives...

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