Massachusetts man arrested over alleged bomb threat to Arizona election official

A Massachusetts man accused of sending a bomb threat to a Democratic election official in Arizona weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was arrested Friday.

A Massachusetts man accused of sending a bomb threat to a Democratic election official in Arizona just weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was arrested Friday.

James W. Clark, 38, of Falmouth made his first appearance in Boston federal court Friday, the Justice Department said. The Cape Cod resident was charged with one count of making a bomb threat, one count of perpetrating a bomb hoax and one count of communicating an interstate threat. If convicted, Clark could face as many as 20 years in prison.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who’s running for governor, confirmed through a spokesperson Friday that she was the target of the bomb threat.

According to the indictment, filed under seal in Arizona federal court Tuesday but made public Friday, Clark used the secretary of state's online contact form to send a threat he did not intend to carry out.

Though it was one of many threats Hobbs received in the wake of the 2020 election, in which President Joe Biden narrowly won Arizona, it was the only bomb threat she received, according to her spokesperson, Murphy Hebert.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/massachusetts-man-arrested-alleged-bomb-threat-arizona-election-offici-rcna40749


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