US EditionColorado man who threatened election officials asks for leniency in sentencing
- Teak Ty Brockbank, a man from Colorado, is scheduled to receive his punishment Thursday after pleading guilty to issuing online threats toward election officials and others between 2021 and 2022.
- In October, Brockbank admitted guilt to a federal charge involving the transmission of threats across state lines after he posted that Colorado’s chief election official and her Arizona predecessor should be put to death.
- The threats were directed at Jena Griswold, the Secretary of State of Colorado; Katie Hobbs, who previously served as Arizona’s Secretary of State and is now governor; a judge in Colorado; and several federal law enforcement officials, all amid contentious election-related political conflicts.
- Prosecutors seek a three-year prison sentence to deter others, while Brockbank's lawyer requests leniency with time served plus supervised release due to Brockbank's need for treatment.
- Brockbank's conviction is among over a dozen secured by a Biden administration task force launched in 2021 to combat rising threats against election officials nationwide.
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Colorado man who threatened election officials asks for leniency in sentencing
Teak Ty Brockbank posted online that Colorado’s top election official should die and her former counterpart in Arizona should also be put to death.
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Teak Ty Brockbank posted online that Colorado’s top election official should be executed and her former counterpart in Arizona should also be killed. But Brockbank, who faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced Thursday for making online threats, is asking for leniency. He says he made those posts when he was drinking heavily and socially isolated, spending his evenings consuming conspiracy theories online. Brockbank pleaded guilty i…
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