A man has been sentenced to over two years in prison by a federal judge in Florida for repeatedly threatening Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and other public officials.
Richard Glenn Kantwill, aged 61, received his sentence in Tampa on Tuesday. Along with a prison term, he has been ordered to complete three years of supervised release and pay fines exceeding $10,000.
In November, Kantwill admitted his guilt on four counts of interstate transmission of a threat. The Department of Justice released a statement revealing that between September 2019 and July 2020, Kantwill had sent over 100 threatening emails and social media posts to various individuals. These threats were directed at individuals who engaged in political commentary. The targets included an author, a religious figure, and a television personality, although their names were not disclosed by the department…