美国联邦检察官宣布，密歇根州一名男子于周五被捕，并被控对联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔发出威胁。
A Michigan man was arrested Friday and charged with making threats against FBI Director Kash Patel, federal prosecutors announced.
据密歇根州东区联邦检察官小杰罗姆·F·戈尔贡办公室称，42岁的安东尼·丹尼尔·帕拉佐洛来自切斯特菲尔德镇，他被控在10月早些时候通过Facebook消息威胁杀害帕特尔及其一名同伴。法庭记录显示，帕拉佐洛被控跨州通信威胁罪。
Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, of Chesterfield Township, is accused of writing Facebook messages threatening to kill Patel and an associate earlier in October, according to the office of US Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. of the Eastern District of Michigan. Palazzolo is charged with interstate communications involving threats, court records show.
目前尚不清楚帕特尔的同伴是谁，但检察官提供了他们所称的帕拉佐洛所发消息的截图，截图中部分内容已被涂黑，帕拉佐洛在消息中自称“小鸟”。帕拉佐洛被控于10月8日向这名身份不明的帕特尔同伴发送消息称“我雇人做了你”，并称帕特尔“也是个死定了的混蛋”。根据联邦调查局特工布莱恩·科切纳什提交的刑事起诉书，联邦调查人员通过他的Facebook和TikTok账户追踪到他在切斯特菲尔德镇的一处住址，该镇位于底特律以北约30英里处。联邦调查局探员于10月9日前往他家进行问询。
It is unclear who Patel’s associate is, though prosecutors included what they said were screenshots of redacted messages sent by Palazzolo, who refers to himself as Baby Bird in the message. Palazzolo is accused of messaging the unidentified Patel associate on October 8, “i put a hit on you” and Patel is “a dead mf too.”Federal investigators used his Facebook and TikTok accounts to trace him to a residential address in Chesterfield Township, located about 30 miles north of Detroit, according to the criminal complaint filed by FBI Special Agent Brian Koczenasz. FBI agents went to his home on October 9 to interview him.
起诉书称，帕拉佐洛想谈谈他认为政府侵犯其财产权的看法。起诉书称，他承认向该同伴和帕特尔发送了消息并表示道歉，称自己无意伤害任何人。起诉书还称，他还告诉联邦调查局探员，他曾联系多个联邦执法机构，投诉他认为相关部门对其诉求回应不力。
The complaint said Palazzolo wanted to talk about his belief the government was violating his property rights. He admitted to sending the message to the associate and Patel and apologized, saying he had no intent to harm anyone, the complaint stated. He also told FBI agents he had contacted several federal law enforcement agencies to complain about what he saw as an insufficient response to his concerns, the complaint said.
起诉书称，离开前，一名联邦调查局特遣队官员将自己的手机号码和政府电子邮箱地址提供给了帕拉佐洛。据起诉书称，10月12日，帕拉佐洛给该官员以及得克萨斯州一家地区法院、特勤局和最高法院发送了带有性暴力威胁的电子邮件。起诉书称，次日，他致电该官员，留下两条语音留言，威胁要对联邦官员“使用致命武力”。
Before leaving, one FBI Task Force officer provided Palazzolo with his cellphone number and government email address, the complaint said. On October 12, Palazzolo emailed the officer, as well as a district court in Texas, the Secret Service and the Supreme Court with threats of sexual violence, according to the complaint. The next day, he called the officer, leaving two voicemails threatening to “use deadly force” on federal officials, the complaint said.
联邦调查局将有关该案的问题转交给美国检察官办公室，后者未立即回应置评请求。获委任代表帕拉佐洛的辩护律师也未立即回应置评请求。
The FBI referred questions about the case to the US Attorney’s Office, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The defense attorney appointed to represent Palazzolo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
帕拉佐洛周五在密歇根州联邦法院出庭，由联邦治安法官大卫·R·格兰德审理，后者下令暂时羁押帕拉佐洛。法庭记录显示，帕拉佐洛的羁押听证会定于周一举行。帕拉佐洛未进行答辩。
Palazzolo appeared in federal court in Michigan on Friday before Magistrate Judge David R. Grand, who ordered Palazzolo be temporarily detained. Palazzolo has a detention hearing set for Monday, court records show. Palazzolo did not enter a plea.
一名马萨诸塞州男子于3月被捕并被起诉，罪名是上个月向帕特尔的未婚妻亚历克西斯·威尔金斯发送威胁电子邮件。与帕拉佐洛一样，被告奥尔登·韦尔奇·拉姆尔面临一项跨州通信威胁罪指控，属重罪。他做无罪答辩，法庭记录显示其陪审团审判定于2月举行。
A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged in March with sending a threatening email to Patel’s fiancee, Alexis Wilkins, the previous month. Like Palazzolo, defendant Alden Welch Ruml faces a charge of interstate communications involving threats, a felony. He pleaded not guilty and has a jury trial set for February, court records show.