Fox Named In Pelosi Death Threat

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The AP is reporting that the FBI has arrested a California man for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi over the health care bill.

In an interview with TPM, FBI spokeswoman Patty Hanson confirmed that a man, Gregory Guisti, 48, would be charged in federal court in San Francisco Thursday at 9:30 PT. Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman will preside over the hearing, during which Guisti will be formally charged.

The AP has more details:

Several federal officials say the man made dozens of calls to Pelosi's homes in California and Washington, as well as to her husband's business office, reciting her home address and saying if she wanted to see it again, she would not support the health care overhaul bill that was recently enacted.

"The FBI takes threats against elected officials very seriously," Hanson said.

The charges against Guisti, who was arrested today, will be unsealed Thursday.

A spokesperson with Pelosi's office tells TPM it has no comment at this time.

The report comes just a day after authorities in Washington state announced charges against a man there for making death threats against Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over her support for the health care bill.

In the days surrounding the passage of the health care legislation in the House late last month, multiple threats and vandal attacks were made against Democrats around the country.

In a separate case, a Philadelphia man, who was declared mentally unfit to stand trial this week, was charged March 29 with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA).

Late Update: Here is Pelosi's brief statement on the case.

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Fraud convict was big RNC donor

By Michael O'Brien - 03/30/10 02:34 PM ET

A man convicted last week of securities fraud was a top Republican National Committee donor, records show.

Former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes, who was convicted in federal court last Friday on nine counts of security fraud, donated $75,000 to the RNC between 2003 and 2006, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

Reyes's convictions marks one of the most high-profile victories for the government in prosecuting financial malfeasance. Reyes was convicted due to the practice of backdating, a process of listing options on a contract at a different date than they were actually offered.

The GOP donor's conviction also comes as a debate over financial reform legislation is set to take center stage in Washington when lawmakers return from recess.

Members of the RNC's communications staff did not immediately comment Tuesday afternoon on Reyes's donations.

Donor battles have been a minor subplot of this week's news. The Democratic National Committee said Monday that it would donate to charity $505 that Barack Obama's presidential campaign had received in 2008 from a man charged Monday with threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

Source:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/89823-securities-fraud-convict-was-big-rnc-donor

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