An Oklahoma man has been charged in federal court after prosecutors alleged he left a series of threatening voicemails targeting U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and members of the senator’s family.
Federal prosecutors have charged a Cleveland, Oklahoma, man with making threats against U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and members of the South Dakota Republican’s family, according to a recently unsealed federal indictment.
David Glen Shuck, 63, made his initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Tulsa after being named in an eight-count federal indictment, according to court proceedings first reported by the Tulsa World.
Prosecutors allege Shuck left a series of voicemails over an eight-day period in March that threatened violence against Thune and his family.
According to the indictment, Shuck faces three counts of threatening to assault and murder a member of Congress with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with or retaliate against the lawmaker. He also faces three counts of interstate communications containing threats to injure and two counts alleging threats against an immediate family member of a member of Congress.
Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, currently serves as Senate majority leader.
Court records indicate Shuck was released on an appearance bond while the case proceeds through the federal court system.
Federal prosecutors have not publicly disclosed additional details about the alleged threats beyond the charges contained in the indictment. As with all criminal defendants, Shuck is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Source: Tulsa World
