Today, a two-count complaint and warrant was filed charging Norman Leboon with threatening to kill United States Congressman Eric Cantor and his family, and threatening to kill Congressman Eric Cantor, who is an official of the United States, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jan Fedarcyk. As set forth in the affidavit to the complaint and warrant, in or about late March, 2010, Leboon created and then transmitted a YouTube video to Google over the internet, in which he threatened to kill Congressman Cantor and his family. No harm came to the Congressman or his family as a result of Leboon’s threats.
And, as Michelle Malkin reports, the suspect has a rather interesting history, given that this government operates under the assumption that those who threaten violence in this country are ultra-rightwing-extremist-nutjob-domestic terrorists.
This guy is a Jew-hating, Obama-loving, conservative-bashing, Leftwing loon:
“LeBoon just so happens to be a Barack Obama donor. Somehow I doubt that’ll be part of any headlines.”Be sure to read the whole thing at the Malkin link above.
There’s some confusion about whether the LeBoon in the videos is LeBoon “senior” or “junior” (or even whether a “Norman LeBoon Jr.” exists) and it’s not clear whether the “Norman LeBoon” of Philadelphia listed in the campaign finance disclosure database that JWF links is the same one charged by the FBI. But point about the double standards taken.
In any case, this dude seems certifiably loony and dangerous — no matter which political candidates he may or may not have supported. Glad the FBI took it seriously. Period.
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Don’t hold your breath for Salon’s Joan Walsh’s expressions of sympathy…
The HIll reports that the DNC says it will return any donations it finds from LeBoon — and confirms that the Obama donations that JWF noted were indeed from LeBoon.
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