Defendant Chase Neill left Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.) a voicemail message saying that “I will kill you,” but claims he was forwarding a message from God, not himself.
U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., was cross-examined by a northeastern Kansas man who federal prosecutors say threatened to kill him, at a time when authorities have seen a sharp increase in threats to the nation's lawmakers and their families. TOPEKA, Kan. — A man on trial for threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner cross-examined the Kansas Republican on Wednesday in federal court, with the congressman rejecting the defendant’s suggestions that he was conveying a message from God.
Neill suggested Wednesday during his cross-examination of prosecution witnesses that he believes he is a “religious heir” whose message to LaTurner followed a tradition of Old Testament prophets following a duty of speaking for God and doing it as if they were God themselves. In questioning LaTurner, Neill asked whether it was reasonable for Neill to identify himself in his voicemail as the son of God.
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