Insider: “A 73-year-old man in Venice, Florida, has been convicted of threatening three members of Congress, and Rep. Ilhan Omar said she was one of the targets. A federal jury found Frank Anthony Pezzuto guilty Wednesday of sending “three separate threatening communications to injure certain members of Congress,” according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida. Pezzuto called the office of a congressman identified only as E.S. on January 25, 2020, saying he was coming to kill him, according to evidence presented at the trial.”
“On January 30, 2020, Pezzuto called the office of another congressman, identified as A.S., and claimed he was a member of the gang MS-13 and that they were coming to cut off A.S.’s head, according to the evidence. The third call presented as evidence was to the office of a congresswoman identified as I.O. on February 3, 2020. Pezzuto told the person who answered the phone: ‘Tell her I’m going to kill her today.’ Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said in a tweet Wednesday that her office had recieved that call. The US Attorney’s Office said Pezzuto made the calls from his home in Florida with his cell phone. He concealed his number but Capitol Police, who investigated the case, were able to identify him as the caller.”