Man sentenced to more than two years in prison for threats against Nancy Pelosi
A man who pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a day after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison.
Meredith arrived in Washington, D.C., from Colorado the evening of Jan. 6 after the riots had ended, according to the U.S. Justice Department. He planned to arrive on Jan. 5 to attend various rallies but was delayed, court documents state. While in his hotel in Washington, D.C., he sent a text to a relative that included a threat directed at Pelosi.
Meredith, of Hayesville, N.C., said in the text he was thinking of heading over to Pelosi’s speech and “and putting a bullet in her noggin on live TV,” according to court documents.
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