Breaking news – CNN: “Over the weekend, Congressman Cantor was notified by law enforcement that a threat was made against his life. Law enforcement officials informed Congressman Cantor that the threat was determined as credible and they were responding accordingly,” Cantor’s Press Secretary Brad Dayspring said in a statement. “The Congressman was later notified that an arrest was made and a suspect was in custody.”
NOTE: The person in question here is Norman Leboon and I found a number of his videos on U-tube.com. There is no doubt in my mind this guy is crazy. He’s a total wacked out religious nutcase. It’s really sad to seem him ramble on. He has a Messiah complex. In one video he calls himself the Madhi. He needs to be committed and put on heavy drugs. Jack Lee
A 33-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested for threatening to kill Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Norman Leboon, a resident of Philadelphia, was charged in a two-count complaint with threatening to kill Cantor and his family. Leboon made the threat in a YouTube Internet video sent to Google earlier this month, according to a Justice Department news release.
Neither Cantor nor his family were harmed as a result of Leboon’s threat, the release noted.
“The Department of Justice takes threats against government officials seriously, especially threats to kill or injure others,” U.S. Attorney Michael Levy said. “Whether the reason for the threat is personal or political, threats are not protected by the First Amendment and are crimes.”
If convicted, Leboon would face a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, according to the release.
Cantor was at the center of a dispute last week between Democrats and Republicans over what many observers argue was overly heated partisan rhetoric at the end of the health care reform debate.
Cantor told reporters Thursday morning that a bullet had been shot through a window at his campaign office in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond police, however, concluded Friday that the incident was the result of “random gunfire.”
Cantor also said last week that he had received several threatening messages.