Michigan man charged with allegedly threatening to kill Kash Patel, ‘his associate’

A Michigan man was charged Friday with allegedly threatening the life of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and “his associate.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan said in a news release that 42-year-old Anthony Daniel Palazzolo was arrested and appeared in federal court on Friday after he sent a threatening Facebook message earlier this month to an associate of Patel. 

In the Oct. 8 message, Palazzolo allegedly wrote to the associate, who was not named, that he had “put out a hit” against him.

A detention hearing has been set for Nov. 2. 

Reports of threats against government officials and elected leaders have been on the rise in recent........

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