Federal prosecutors charged Seth Jason with making death threats against Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff members. The former Voice of America employee from Edgewater, Maryland, was arrested by Capitol Police and local authorities on Thursday morning. Jason allegedly used VOA studio phone lines to place threatening calls to Greene's Georgia offices over fifteen months. The calls occurred between October 2023 and January 2025, with Jason threatening to shoot the congresswoman, her workers, and their relatives. He appeared before a federal magistrate judge following his arrest.
The indictment lists four separate criminal charges against Jason. These charges cover threatening federal officials, making interstate threats, and anonymous harassment through telecommunications. Each threatening count carries a potential ten-year prison sentence if Jason receives a conviction. The Trump administration recently eliminated hundreds of VOA positions through widespread layoffs that affected most of the agency's workforce.
The indictment lists four separate criminal charges against Jason. These charges cover threatening federal officials, making interstate threats, and anonymous harassment through telecommunications. Each threatening count carries a potential ten-year prison sentence if Jason receives a conviction. The Trump administration recently eliminated hundreds of VOA positions through widespread layoffs that affected most of the agency's workforce.
