Michigan man charged with threatening to kill Patel after death threats allegedly sent to FBI associate

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A Michigan resident was charged Friday with threatening to murder FBI Director Kash Patel, marking the latest allegations of efforts to target the top Cabinet official and his affiliates.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan announced it charged Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, with making threats to kill Patel and one of the FBI director’s unnamed associates. Palazzolo was arrested Friday and appeared in court, where he was charged with one count of interstate communications involving threats, a felony punishable by up to five years in federal prison.

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