Indiana Republican lawmaker Rep. Jim Banks said federal prosecutors 'declined' to bring charges against a Fort Wayne man who made threats against his family.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is questioning why a federal prosecutor declined to bring charges against a man who threatened his family while the Justice Department has prosecuted similar threats against Democrats – but the DOJ is denying a double standard. Aaron Thompson, 33, of Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty in October to felony and misdemeanor charges after he left menacing voicemails with Banks' office.
In one such call, Thompson said he owns a gun and gave Banks a choice between his or his daughter's lives. Banks has three young daughters. 'Here's the choice. Your daughters grow up without their dad, or you grow old without your daughters,' Thompson said, according to an affidavit for probable cause. '… oom, boom you pick...' READ: REP JIM BANKS LETTER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND.
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