Florida man indicted for '86' posts threatening to kill Alina Habba

FIRST ON FOX A Florida man was indicted Friday for allegedly threatening to kill Alina Habba in a series of online posts against the interim U S attorney for New Jersey Fox News Digital has learned has been interpreted by law enforcement functionaries to mean get rid of Gregory W Kehoe the Interim U S attorney for the Middle District of Florida informed the charges Friday According to the indictment reviewed by Fox News Digital Salvatore Russotto in May made a threat to injure and kill the victim in a series of online posts FBI DIRECTOR PATEL SAYS HE'S HAD TO DIVERT GUIDANCE TO INVESTIGATE 'COPYCATS' OF COMEY ' ' POSTFox News Digital has learned that the victim referred to in the indictment is Habba the interim U S attorney for New Jersey who previously served as counselor to President Donald Trump VICTIM is a c Russotto posted that b He also allegedly posted A slow painful death for VICTIM that c Russotto also allegedly posted Eliminate VICTIM Traitor Death penalty for all traitors Russotto was charged with transmission of an interstate threat to injure and retaliating against a federal law enforcement officer by threat This is yet another disturbing example of a dangerous copycat inspired by the reckless behavior of former leaders targeting those who serve our country and threatening the very people working to keep America safe FBI Director Kash Patel informed Fox News Digital Our FBI will not tolerate political violence in any form Patel added I m grateful to our law enforcement partners in Florida for their swift action and steadfast commitment to justice The indictment comes after Patel disclosed that he has been forced to divert agents to investigate copycats of probable threats to Trump as a product of former FBI Director James Comey s social media post last month FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY MEETS WITH SECRET UTILITY AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ' ' POST Do you know how multiple agents I ve had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators fentanyl traffickers terrorists because everywhere across this country people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke and they can do it because he did it Patel commented last month That s what I m having to deal with every single day and that s what I m having to pull my agents and analysts off because he thought it was funny to go out there and make a political message he continued An FBI official described Fox News Digital that they cannot disclose the number of copycat incidents due to ongoing investigations but described the number to Fox News Digital as considerable Comey met with Secret Operation administrators in Washington this month for an interview about his Instagram post two sources briefed on the meeting informed Fox News Comey is under probe for the now-deleted Instagram post that evidenced seashells arranged on a beach to read Cool shell formation on my beach walk he wrote along with the post Comey offered an explanation for the post after he received backlash on social media I posted earlier a picture of various shells I saw currently on a beach walk which I assumed were a political message the subsequent post from Comey stated I didn't realize several folks associate those numbers with violence It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe president in a May interview with Fox News' Bret Baier didn't accept Comey's explanation He knew exactly what that meant A child knows what that meant Trump narrated Baier If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant that meant assassination and it says it loud and clear