A 60-year-old Houston man accused of sending multiple racist, misogynistic voicemails to California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, threatening to kill and assault the 84-year-old congresswoman, was arrested April 13.
Brian Michael Gaherty, who is identified on Harris County court records as white, is accused of calling Waters’ Hawthorne, California, office on separate occasions between August and November 2022, according to court documents. Waters' office received the initial call Aug. 8, 2022, and Gaherty allegedly threatened to kill the congresswoman, who is Black, going into graphic detail of how he would kill her while using multiple profanities and ethnic slurs.
The number of threats to lawmakers investigated by Capitol Police skyrocketed between 2016 and 2021, Politifact reported. Police investigated 902 threats to lawmakers in 2016, compared to 9,625 in 2021, the year of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Calls were also made to Waters' office on Nov. 8, 2022, and Nov. 10, 2022, with voicemails saying that there was a contract out on the congresswoman's life and that she should watch her back. At one point saying, "I'm gonna tell you right now, this ain't no threat. It's a god****He is also accused of threatening to assault at least two other members of congress, both of whom are women of color, according to court records.
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