A Las Vegas man has been charged with threatening to injure and kill government officials in three states and the District of Columbia, including the New York judge and prosecutor who handled former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial , according to federal officials and court records.
Spencer Gear, 32, was being held Friday in federal custody in Nevada following his arrest and not guilty plea Tuesday to 22 felony charges of threatening a federal official and transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure. Gear's indictment had been filed under seal July 16.
Rebecca Levy, a federal public defender representing Gear in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, did not respond Friday to messages seeking comment.
The indictment lists 11 alleged victims by initials, including two in a phone call from Nevada to New York that "threatened to kill A.B. and J.M.," referring to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Judge Juan M. Merchan.
Bragg's office declined to comment. A message was left for a spokesperson for New York's state court system.
