The U.S. Secret Service is investigating death threats against Vice President Mike Pence by pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood, Fox News learns.
Wood, who was banned from Twitter last week, is suspected of writing a now-deleted post on Parler: “Prepare firing squads. Pence goes FIRST.”
Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of the Electoral College votes cast in the November presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working overnight at the Capitol in Washington, January 7.
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“We are aware of the comments and take all threats against our protégés seriously,” a Secret Service spokesman told Fox News on Saturday.
The Secret Service and other federal agencies are also investigating others seen in a video inside the US Capitol shouting “Hang Pence”.
The threats to the vice president come days after a pro-Trump group invaded the United States Capitol to protest the formal certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Lawmakers, officials and others hid under the tables and evacuated as rioters roamed the Capitol corridors, carrying pro-Trump flags and knocking on doors.
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A source close to Pence told Fox News on Wednesday that while Pence was taking shelter in “protected rooms” on Capitol Hill, President Trump did not come to him to check his status or condemn those who said the vice president “should be. executed. ”
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At the end of the week, the hashtag “Hang Mike Pence” was on the rise on Twitter. A Twitter spokesman told Fox News on Saturday that the company had “blocked the phrase and other variations of it from trending.”
David Spunt and The Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.