Photo / APA suburban Chicago man accused of threatening to take the lives of President-elect Joe Biden and other Democrats at the upcoming inauguration in Washington, DC, has been arrested, prosecutors in the US have said. Prosecutors said Capriotti, 45, is accused of leaving a threatening voicemail for a member of the US House of Representatives on December 29. The message said if people "think that Joe Biden is going to put his hand on the Bible and walk into that [expletive] White House on January 20th, they're sadly [expletive] mistaken". He continued: "We will surround the [expletive] White House and we will kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn," according to the release. Dozens of people have been arrested in the attack, which temporarily halted congressional business to confirm Biden as president.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 12, 2021 22:04 UTC