FORT WORTH, Texas — Federal law enforcement charged a Fort Worth man with threatening an FBI agent involved in the investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden.
Timothy Muller, 43, was charged with interstate threatening communications and influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
Police arrested him Thursday morning outside his home without incident. However, Muller has since then been released pending trial.
Muller reportedly called the agent at 5:03 p.m. on June 11, the criminal complaint states.
This agent was involved in investigating a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden. This call came shortly after news outlets had reported that Hunter Biden had been convicted in a trial related to a 2018 firearm purchase.
The complaint states that Muller said "hey" and the agent then hung up. Muller reportedly immediately called back and left a one-minute and five-second message threatening him and his family.
"You can run, but you can't [expletive] hide," Muller reportedly said. "You covered up child pornography. You covered up Hunter Biden raping his own [expletive] niece."
Muller reportedly continued by saying that Donald Trump would win the election in November and that they would then start throwing FBI agents in jail.
"Or, you can steal another election, and then the guns will come out, and we'll hunt you [expletive] down and slaughter you like the traitorous dogs you are in your own [expletive] homes. In your own [expletive] beds," he reportedly said. "The last thing you'll ever hear are the horrified shrieks of your widow and orphans."
Muller reportedly concluded by saying they would then slaughter his whole family, the complaint states.
Several texts were then reportedly sent by Muller to the agent, including one asking if his family was safe.
"Did you [expletive] really think you were going to disenfranchise 75 million Americans and not die? Lol." the suspect reportedly texted the agent.
On June 18, portions of the audio were played in federal court. Muller faces up to 10 years in federal prison if he is convicted.
On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a statement calling for unfounded attacks on the Justice Department to end after a California man was convicted of threatening to bomb an FBI field office and writing "I can go on a mass murder spree. In fact, it would be very explainable by your actions."
"These heinous threats of violence have become routine in an environment in which the Justice Department is under attack like never before," Garland wrote.
