A 37-year-old Tennessee man was charged over alleged social media threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
Kyl Alton Hall was indicted Tuesday on two counts of threatening a sitting president or vice president and one count of a threat to a former president.
The U.S. Secret Service investigated the case, which will be prosecuted by the national security and civil rights unit in the local U.S. attorney’s office.
A spokesperson for the Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The charges come the same week that all three officials — Biden, Harris and Obama — appeared in Chicago to speak at the Democratic National Convention, where Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Kyl Alton Hall, Biden, Harris, Obama, — Biden, Obama —
Organizations:
Department of Justice, DOJ, Authorities, Secret Service, Service, Democratic National Convention
Locations:
Tennessee, Memphis, U.S, Chicago