Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two in late July (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Pool, File).
A man from Winchester, Virginia, is facing legal trouble after making alarming threats against Vice President Kamala Harris. According to a federal complaint, the man, Frank Lucio Carillo, expressed his intention to set Harris on fire and harm her in a disturbing manner. When authorities arrived at his residence regarding his threatening comment, Carillo appeared surprised.
Carillo reportedly utilized his GETTR account to post threatening messages not only towards Harris but also President Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer. Richer, a Republican official from Arizona who countered allegations of election fraud and filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, believes that the accusations of election misconduct are unfounded “lies and conspiracy theories.”
Under 18 U.S. Code § 871, Carillo has been charged with deliberately threatening to cause harm to the Vice President of the United States, who was the presumed Democratic presidential nominee at the time of the incident.
Documents said the offense occurred “on or about July 27,” six days after Biden said he would not run for reelection and announced support for Harris.
Investigators said that Carillo in one post said Harris doesn’t “have a snowballs chance in hell which is exactly where you’re going and soon,” adding “I will cut your eyes out of your F—ING head” and “will make sure you suffer a slow agonizing death[.]”
In another post, he allegedly said he would “personally” set Harris on fire “if no one else does[.]” In a third post, Carillo allegedly said Harris is “going to regret ever trying to become president because if that ever happened I will personally pluck out her eyes with a pair of pliers but first I will shoot and kill everyone that gets in my way that is a f****** promise.”
The last July 27 post mentioned in the complaint allegedly said “Crapler Harris is laying [sic] thieving piece of garbage like the rest of this administration they all need to die and they will soon.”
When the feds showed up at his home on Aug. 2, the complaint said, Carillo allegedly said he owned a pistol and an AR-15 and made remarks of surprise about the reason for the law enforcement visit.
“[F]or a comment. This is ridiculous, for a comment,” he allegedly said. “I guess I’m gonna need a lawyer.”
The charged offense is punishable by up to five years behind bars upon conviction.
Read the federal complaint here.
