Brian Ogstad: Alabama man who threatened to kill Arizona election workers pleads guilty
CNNCNN — Editor’s Note: : Since this story was published, Brian Ogstad was sentenced on October 21, 2024 to two and a half years in federal prison, according to the Justice Department. An Alabama man indicted for allegedly threatening election workers in Arizona has pleaded guilty to one count of sending interstate threats, federal prosecutors said. Brian Ogstad of Cullman, Alabama, was indicted by a federal grand jury in February after Maricopa County, Arizona, election workers reported receiving numerous threats from him via social media. “In a heightened political climate, people often make online remarks they wish they can take back,” Todd Spodek, Ogstad’s attorney, told CNN after the plea agreement. FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly warned about the heightened risk of political violence in recent months, including calling out threats to election workers, whom he has referred to as “the lifeblood of our elections.” “Violent threats to election workers are threats to our democracy and democratic process,” Wray said in a statement Thursday following Ogstad’s plea agreement.
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