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Memphis man charged with threatening to kill Biden, Harris, Obama

A Memphis man is charged with making death threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, according to the Department of Justice.

Kyl Alton Hall, a 37-year-old man from Tennessee, is accused of making numerous threats on X against prominent Democrats.

Federal prosecutors allege that Hall threatened to kill, assassinate, shoot and crash the plane of Biden, and to assassinate Harris and Obama.

Hall was indicted on Tuesday after allegedly making the threats in July.

He faces two counts of threats against a sitting president and vice president and one count of a threat against a former president.

If convicted, Hall could face up to 15 years in prison.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service.

FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland have warned of an increase in threats as the election approaches.

“We expect that these threats will continue and that these cases will not be the last,” Garland said earlier this month after a Pakistani man was charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil.

On Thursday, a man accused of threatening to kill Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump was taken into custody in Arizona after an hourslong manhunt.

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