Posted on 07/07/2017 5:03:28 PM PDT by TigerClaws
An Omaha man has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of making threats against Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, including that he "could kill" her.
Federal court records show Robert William Simet, 64, was arrested Friday in Omaha and charged with threatening a U.S. official.
"The safety of our elected officials is something that cannot be taken lightly," FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Randall Thysse said in a statement. "We appreciate those people who reported this to the proper authorities and for the response from our partners at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa for their swift action on this matter."
Shooting spurs calls for new lawmaker security measures external-ct Police arrest man for allegedly threatening Sen. Flake's staff external-ct An arrest affidavit says employees of a Pacific Junction, Iowa, motorcycle shop told an FBI agent that Simet had been there Wednesday and made several statements about Ernst, including his belief that she was a member of the Islamic State.
Simet said he knew Ernst was scheduled to speak Saturday at an event at the motorcycle business. Simet is accused of telling an employee he "could kill" Ernst at the event, and told another employee that "everyone in the government needs to be killed off."
Simet is in custody and will be transported to Council Bluffs for an initial appearance in the Southern District of Iowa on Tuesday.
Ernst's office referred questions to U.S. Capitol Police, which said Friday it does not comment on ongoing investigations.
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Good call, makes one feel good to see these steps being taken.
What scares me is all the crazy ones out there that are silent.They’re only catching the stupid ones.
It appears all these angry old white guys I keep hearing about are all DemocRATS!
For every vocal dumb one, probably a hundred quiet ones seething with hidden rage.
It was a communist who killed JFK.
It’s interesting that so many are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. What’s causing these elders to go bat sh!t crazy now? Have they all bottled it up since the 60s?
Now that you say it, I believe that is on her resume.
Yeah, the patsy was supposedly a communist. The killer? Doubtful.
That's exactly how it is at my work. Lots of liberal millenials but they seem to be taking it in stride. It's the baggy-eyed bolsheviks who are boiling over with rage.
I was wondering the same thing myself. I think many of them are probably 60s radical lunatics, who never outgrew their idiocy. I suspect it might get worse if they don't jail these slime bags, and even that is no guarantee it won't continue.
Throw his ass in prison before he kills somebody. There are a lot of vacant suites at GITMO. Start sending these terrorists there.
These are Sixties radicals who are going into meltdown watching too much CNN.
A steady diet of “Trump is Hitler” and Russian conspiracy stuff, they are having mental meltdowns.
‘It’s interesting that so many are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. What’s causing these elders to go bat sh!t crazy now? Have they all bottled it up since the 60s?’
Some of us, such as myself, tend to look back at our youth when we get to be that age. I suspect this bunch is no different.
What separates this bunch is they were the counter culture of the 60’s. Beginning with Bill Clinton, their kind has been in power. Keep in mind this bunch hated Nixon. They also made gains in the area of legalizing abortion and winning the Vietnam war. (the commies won Vietnam, these losers are commies, therefore they won)
Now we have someone far worse than Nixon (in their eyes, not mine) trying to undo everything the libs have gained in the last couple decades.
Anyone trying to revert back to the pre60’s culture is an enemy. And the libs are going literally nuts over it.
The same old hippies who presently infest the upper levels of the federal government.
Now retired after 23 service with the Iowa National Guard, Joni Ernst commanded 1168th transportation company during the Iraq War. The unit operated between Kuwait and southern Iraq.
ISIS? It depends what the meaning of IS IS.
I think it’s more that they were *That* close to electing her thighness who would then usher in their coming utopia, that they’ve dreamed of ever since the age of aquarius.
Needles to say, the Donald has left the 60’s hippes hopes and dreams in a pile of tatters and ashes. They. are. not. happy.
Getting to the point they do not have much to lose
“All bottled up”! You got that right. For a really scary experience go to Sonoma County California. The olde drunk drugged out hippies that look like this guy are all over the place. (Worse in Marlin County.) Sonoma County the Ahole of California.
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