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Last month, Haim Braverman, of Morris Plains, posted a video of himself on a social media platform in which he made various threats to a political commentator who had publicly commented on a prominent, now-deceased rabbi, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said.
In the video, Braverman threatened to use a bat against the commentator, stating: “You’ll get what’s coming to you . . . , I’ve never met someone . . . if I could [expletive] kill you right now, I would not even . . . ,[expletive] it I’ll give you the steel bat. I wouldn’t even stop. I’d kill you. Dead. . . . I’m threatening a death sentence against [the commentator].”
Braverman’s post also included a written comment from him, stating: “[the commentator] needs to be killed.”
Braverman also transmitted an audio message to a group chat on a messaging application, referencing the commentator and stating, “After I heard what . . . [the commentator] said, I will go to prison, gladly find her and kill her . . . I will find a [expletive] weapon and [expletive] kill her. I am outraged.”
He was charged with transmitting a threat in interstate or foreign commerce, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, Sellinger said.
Click here for the criminal complaint.
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