Federal authorities arrested this week and accused an Ohio man in relation to threats to kill a congress member if the legislator voted to reduce Medicaid.
The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsy, of Dayton, left a voice mail full of expletives of almost 90 seconds in the main line of the Office of the Washington legislator, DC, last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday. The judicial documents did not appoint the legislator.
“If you vote to carry my F ——- Medicaid, I will cut your f —— Go,” said the person who called, according to a transcription of an FBI message.
“You are a shame and a bag of S — as a man, and I cannot endure,” he alleges that the person who calls has added. “Then, F — The report. But I tell you this, clearly to your brain, if you are f — with my doctor, you are a dead f —“.
President Donald Trump on July 4 signed a draft internal policy law of the Republican Party that includes deep cuts to Medicaid. The Senate approved the measure on July 1, followed by the Chamber on July 3.
The FBI said the threatening call was held on June 29.
A member of the unidentified legislator personnel provided an audio copy of the Capitol Police call for the US Capitol.
The FBI said he called the phone associated with the threatening message this week and that the voice of the person who responded resembled the voice in the voicemail message that was left with the legislator’s office.
DORSEY is in custody while waiting for a detention audience on Friday. He is accused of interstate communications with a threat of hurting.
The judicial documents did not list any information from the lawyer.
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According to the FBI, the information provided by the Ohio Attorney General’s office revealed that Dorsy was receiving Medicaid services through several suppliers.
Vice President JD Vance was in Ohio, his native state, on Monday for an event in Canton that promotes Trump’s internal policy bill. Many Democratic legislators have said they are concerned about how Medicaid’s cuts will affect their constituents, and plan to highlight them when they talk to voters.
The United States Capitol Police said in February that the number of threat evaluation cases grew for the second consecutive year last year, with investigations in 9,474 about direct statements and threats against the members of Congress, their families and staff members, compared to 8.008 in 2023.
