Las Vegas, NV – A Nevada man was arrested and charged with leaving threatening and antisemitic messages on the office voicemail of a U.S. senator and traveling to a federal courthouse in Las Vegas where the senator has an office, according to court records unsealed Monday.
Charging documents alleged that John Anthony Miller, a 43-year-old Las Vegas resident, left numerous menacing voicemails for an unnamed senator between Oct. 17 and Oct. 19, in which he is accused of calling the senator “vermin” and threatening to “finish what Hitler started.”
Although court documents did not identify the targeted lawmaker, a spokesperson for Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is Jewish, confirmed the messages were left with her office.
“Threats against public officials should be taken seriously. Senator Rosen trusts the U.S. Attorney’s office and federal law enforcement to handle this matter,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
In a message left on Oct. 17, Miller allegedly said: “You done picked your side bitch and you done chose evil. I don’t give a fuck if you were born into it or not, bitch, you are fucking evil, bitch and we’re gonna exterminate you, fuck.”
Two days later, on Oct. 19, Miller allegedly called from the same number and left another voicemail: “Senator, I’m sorry to say, but ya know what, you’re a piece of sיןא and you’re gonna burn in fucking hell for your fucking crimes,” he is accused of saying, among other things.
He is charged with one count of threatening a federal official.
In a subsequent message left the following week, prosecutors alleged a caller from an unknown number whose voice matched Miller’s left another voicemail in which he said the senator’s family was in danger.
Prosecutors said Miller also allegedly visited the federal courthouse in Las Vegas, where Rosen has an office, on Oct. 18. After being turned away by security, he started yelling about “kill[ing] every last Israeli terror-fucking -rist,” according to the newly unsealed documents.
Court records indicate Miller made his initial appearance last week and is being held in pretrial detention. His attorney, public defender Benjamin Nemec, declined to comment on the charge when contacted by CBS News.
