Overview
- Scott Allen Bolger, 33, was charged by criminal complaint with transmitting threats in interstate commerce and making false statements after a Dec. 23 text allegedly threatened to kill a federal employee.
- The message was sent via Google Voice and, according to an affidavit, included the line, “Step on U Street and get a bullet put between your eyes, loyalist pig skin p***y.”
- FBI agents say they identified Bolger using the Google Voice account’s recovery phone number; he allegedly gave the false name “Brian Black” before admitting his identity and sending the text.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick ordered Bolger detained without bond pending trial and remanded him to U.S. Marshals custody following his arraignment.
- The Justice Department’s release did not name the target, but media reports identified Richard Grenell and he confirmed it on X; if convicted, Bolger faces up to five years in prison.