Ryan J. Reilly is a justice reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — A 35-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty on Thursday to threatening to kill a congressional staff member and making more than 12,000 harassing phone calls to members of Congress over a less-than-two-year period. Ade Salim Lilly pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap or injure someone on interstate commerce as well as making repeated harassing telephone calls. The 12,000-plus calls, more than 6,526 of which targeted congressional offices in Washington, D.C.
Plea documents say that Lilly's calls were answered by staff members and interns for members of Congress and that he 'would become angry and use vulgar and harassing language' toward those who answered the phone. 'Based upon his harassing communication, Defendant Lilly was repeatedly asked by Congressional staff members to refrain from calling,' his agreed-upon statement of offense reads.
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