Iowa Man First To Be Arrested For Threating Maricopa County And AGO Officials

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Supervisor Clint Hickman

Arizona’s controversial 2020 General Election raised questions and triggered tempers, resulting in threats made against numerous Arizona elected officials from individuals across the country on both sides of the political aisle.

On Thursday, an elderly Iowa man was the first individual to be arrested for making one of those threats.

Mark A. Rissi, ag 64, of Hiawatha, Iowa, was arrested for allegedly sending a threatening communication to Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman and for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an official with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General.

According to the Department of Justice, on September 27, 2021, Rissi “left the following voicemail for the election official with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors: “Hello Mr. [VICTIM], I am glad that you are standing up for democracy and want to place your hand on the Bible and say that the election was honest and fair. I really appreciate that. When we come to lynch your stupid lying Commie [expletive], you’ll remember that you lied on the [expletive] Bible, you piece of [expletive]. You’re gonna die, you piece of [expletive]. We’re going to hang you. We’re going to hang you.”

Then on December 8, 2021, Rissi allegedly “said the following in a voicemail message he left for an official with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General: “I’m a victim of a crime. My family is a victim of a crime. My extended family is a victim of a crime. That crime was the theft of the 2020 election. The election that was fraudulent across the state of Arizona, that [VICTIM] knows was fraudulent, that [VICTIM] has images of the conspirators deleting election fraud data from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors computer system. Do your job, [VICTIM], or you will hang with those [expletive] in the end. We will see to it. Torches and pitchforks. That’s your future, [expletive]. Do your job,” according to the Department of Justice.

Rissi is charged with two counts of making a threatening interstate communication and one count of making a threatening telephone call. If convicted, Rissi faces a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison for each count of making a threatening interstate communication and up to two years in prison for making a threatening telephone call.

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