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A Northeastern Pa. man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for threatening Trump and a prosecutor

Shawn Christy of McAdoo threatened to “put a bullet” in Trump and then-Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, authorities say.

Federal authorities have accused Shawn Christy (shown in a YouTube video), a self-described survivalist from Pennsylvania, of making threats on Facebook against President Trump (AP Photo / Hans Pennink) and Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli.
Federal authorities have accused Shawn Christy (shown in a YouTube video), a self-described survivalist from Pennsylvania, of making threats on Facebook against President Trump (AP Photo / Hans Pennink) and Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli.Read morestaff
    by Associated Press, The Associated Press
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SCRANTON — A Northeastern Pennsylvania man who was convicted of threatening President Donald Trump and a district attorney has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Authorities charged Shawn Christy, 28, of McAdoo, with threatening to “put a bullet” in Trump and then-Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, and threatening “lethal force” against police. He led police on a three-month manhunt through several states before his September 2018 capture in Ohio.

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In November, a federal jury convicted Christy on a dozen counts of threatening the president, making threatening communications, and taking stolen firearms and vehicles across state lines.

U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Christy on Thursday.