NYC man, 54, ‘wanted to kill Chuck Schumer’ and ‘anyone that claims to be a Democrat’ as well as ‘blow up the FBI’
A NEW York City man allegedly wanted to kill Senator Chuck Schumer and anyone that claimed to be a Democrat, as well as blow up the FBI.
Brian Maiorana, 54, was arrested early at his home in Staten Island on early on Tuesday.
Maiorana was charged with threatening to kill and ordering others to kill protesters, law enforcement members and elected officials.
Senator Chuck Schumer was one of the officials that was threatened, according to papers filed in the Eastern District of New York.
Prosecutors said that Maiorana threatened law enforcement and elected officials on social media from September until a few days after the US Election. It was not made clear what platforms he used.
He wrote online that it has "come to point where pipe bombs need to be thrown into these mobs of potentially non violent protesters," according to prosecutors.
On November 5, Maiorana said that "carnage needs to come int he form of extermination of anyone that claims to be a democrat," court documents stated.
Just three days later, as media outlets projected Joe Biden as president-elect, Maiorana said: "The Turner Diaries must come to life."
He appeared to be referring to a 1978 novel about a violent coup of the US government that culminated in a nuclear and race war where all non-white people were exterminated.
Mairoana also allegedly suggested "we blow up the FBI building for real" and described Schumer as "the Jew Senator from Jew York," reported.
The outlet also claimed that the man's Facebook bio reads "All Lives Matter."
Task force members also found a semiautomatic pistol, a Taser, a crossbow, an expandable baton, the upper portion of an AR 15 assault rifle, and several rounds of ammunition, prosecutors said.
However, Maiorana was prohibited from owning firearms in the state of New York after being convicted of sexual assault in 2007, reported.
He was locked up by members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, including FBI agents and New York Police Department officers, prosecutors said.
Maiorana is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting his trial on November 24.
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"The Department of Justice will not stand idly by when people like the defendant allegedly threaten to kill elected officials, lawful protesters and law enforcement simply because of animus towards the outcome of an election," said Seth Ducharme, acting US Attorney.
"Americans have a right to voice their opinions, but this Office will not tolerate violence or threats of violence used to intimidate others with whom they disagree," he said.
Maiorana's attorney, James Darrow, did not comment when contacted by .