A longtime Voice of America employee was arrested Thursday and accused of threatening to kill far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, her staff and their families — including making a call in which he vowed to shoot the lawmaker “between the eyes” with an AK-47.
Seth Jason, 64, of Edgewater, Md., made at least eight threatening calls from the government-funded broadcaster between October 2023 and January this year, the Justice Department alleged in a statement.
“I’m looking forward to your book signing. We are all armed and ready to take care of you,” Jason said in one message for the Georgia Republican lawmaker, according to prosecutors.
“We’re coming after you and your staff, and we are locked and loaded. We’re going to take you all out,” the call continued.
“We’ve got our AK-47s. You’re going to get one between the eyes. Bam, bam, bam.”
The calls “were made from various phone lines connected to studios and control rooms at Voice of America headquarters,” the feds said.
Jason was arrested by US Capitol Police as well as the Anne Arundel County Police Department — where he had worked as a volunteer reserve officer since 2016.
The AACPD confirmed one of its volunteers was arrested, adding they were no longer affiliated with the department.
Jason began working at VOA in 2001, according to his LinkedIn. President Trump signed an executive order shutting down the broadcaster in March this year, after decrying it as “The Voice of Radical America.”
“You threaten a public official, and you face the full force of the law crushing down on you,” Interim DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a statement. “There will be no mercy and no excuses.”
Jason faces four charges, including influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment.
He could face up to 27 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
VOA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
