Overview

• A federal indictment unsealed July 17 charges Seth Jason with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, threatening a federal official, interstate communications to kidnap or injure and anonymous telecommunications harassment.
• Jason was arrested early July 17 in Washington, D.C., by U.S. Capitol Police and Anne Arundel County officers and is awaiting his initial appearance before a magistrate judge.
• Prosecutors allege Jason made eight threatening calls over 15 months, targeting Rep. Greene’s district offices in Dalton and Rome, Georgia.
• Investigators used call records and technical data to link the threats to phone lines in studios and control rooms at VOA headquarters, where Jason was employed.
• The case stems from a multiagency probe led by U.S. Capitol Police and the State Department’s Office of Inspector General with assistance from the DOJ’s Maryland office and Anne Arundel County authorities.