“Hundreds” of violent and sexual threats have been made against California Governor Gavin Newsom, his wife, children and businesses, prompting law enforcement agencies to investigate, according to reports.
Many of the alleged threats over the phone, e-mail and social media have reached a number of wineries and businesses that the governor started through the PlumpJack Group, a hospitality company he founded in 1992, reported Sacramento Bee.
“The tone and verbiage of some of these death threats are shocking,” a PlumpJack representative told the newspaper, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons. “They are death threats in black and white for our employees, for Gavin, his children, his wife.”
Some of the messages specifically contained violent sexual threats against the governor’s wife, according to a Bee reporter who heard and read some of the threats.
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The threats came as Newsom faces a recall effort led by Republicans because of his orders to stay home against the coronavirus and because of criticism that he had dinner at an expensive Napa restaurant while residents of the state were urged to stay home. .
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Sacramento on January 8, 2021. (Associated Press)
In a threat to a winery, the suspect claimed that he wanted to set the building on fire while customers were inside.
A spokesman for the Newsom Emergency Services Office said he was aware of the threats and confirmed that several law enforcement agencies were investigating.
ARCHIVE – On October 22, 2018, the photo in the archive shows the PlumpJack Wine & Spirits store in San Francisco. (AP Photo / Eric Risberg, Archive)
“Any threats against elected officials, including public or private property, are taken seriously and closely monitored by the appropriate local, state or federal authorities,” said spokesman Brian Ferguson.
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A false rumor also circulated online, alleging that Newsom paid money for aid to the coronavirus PlumpJack through state funds, Bee reported. The company received almost $ 3 million in federal aid, but none from California. Newsom also blindly entrusted his business to avoid the appearance of impropriety when taking office.
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Separately, a man from Napa County was arrested and charged last Tuesday on $ 5 million bail after FBI investigators found five “fully operational” bombs and an illegal stockpile of weapons in his home and business a long time ago. two weeks planned to blow up offices belonging to Newsom, as well as Facebook and Twitter, prosecutors say.
Ian Benjamin Rogers, 44, of Napa, also had a sticker on his vehicle commonly used by the so-called “Three percent”, and officers executing search warrants also found a “White Privilege Card” and several weapons-related manuals, including some of the US Army, as well as “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a practical guide known for creating explosives, FBI investigators said.
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California and other states have called on the National Guard to protect Statehouses prior to Jan. 20’s inauguration day, following the FBI’s warnings of potential violence following the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. No attacks materialized on Inauguration Day.
Danielle Wallace and Fox News’ The Associated Press contributed to this report.