Criminal Law
A Florida Man Faces Federal Charges For Threatening Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi
A Florida man is facing federal charges for making violent threats against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Paul Hoeffer, 60, was charged with three counts of interstate transmission of threats to injure and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted, according to a statement from the Southern District of Florida United States Attorney’s Office.
In March 2019, Hoeffer threatened to travel a “long, long way” to riddle Pelosi’s head with bullets and decapitate her, the statement said. He then in November 2020 called Ocasio-Cortez and said that he would “rip her head off” and told her to sleep with one eye open.
