VOA Employee's 15-Month Threat Campaign Against Marjorie Taylor Greene Ends With Prison Sentence

A taxpayer-funded federal employee who used his government workstation to wage a 15-month campaign of anonymous death threats against former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison, a case that highlights the very real danger Republican officials face from those determined to silence them through fear.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that Seth Jason, 65, of Edgewater, Maryland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to one count of interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and one count of anonymous telecommunications harassment. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan also ordered Jason to serve two years of supervised release following his prison term.

U.S. Attorney Pirro previewed the announcement in a post on X before Thursday's sentencing:

Seth Jason repeatedly threatened to assault and kill former Congresswoman Greene and he did so from inside Voice of America where he had a taxpayer-funded job. His menacing phone calls were part of an alarming increase in threats directed at Members of Congress and other… https://t.co/hq9Uw9e95y
— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) June 18, 2026

"Seth Jason repeatedly threatened to assault and kill former Congresswoman Greene and he did so from inside Voice of America where he had a taxpayer-funded job. His menacing phone calls were part of an alarming increase in threats directed at Members of Congress and other government officials. No one should have to live their life in fear wondering if threats are about to be fulfilled. Today's sentence sends a clear message. My office will not take these threats lightly."

The details are damning. According to prosecutors, Jason made eight threatening phone calls to Greene's congressional offices between October 2023 and January 2025, every single one of them placed from inside Voice of America's (VOA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a longtime employee on the American taxpayer's dime.

Court documents reveal the threats grew progressively more violent and specific over time.

In an October 11, 2023, voicemail, Jason said he and his "friends" wanted to attend a Greene rally with their AK-47s and shoot the congresswoman "one between the eyes." Two days later, he left another message boasting that he and others had stockpiled ammunition and were planning to "come after Greene and her offices and her staff and exercise our Second Amendment rights and take them all out."

The threats reached their peak around President Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025, a detail that speaks for itself.

On January 8, 2025, just 12 days before the inauguration, Jason left a voicemail warning that Greene would not "see the inaugural" and that she, her staff, and her family would all be dead. Then, the day after the inauguration, he called again to tell Greene's office they were "as good as dead" and to "make your last will ready, because we are coming after you, and the only thing you're going to hear is bang…I'm yearning to hear you cry for your last breath."

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The case became public in July 2025 when the U.S. Capitol Police and the Anne Arundel County Police Department arrested Jason. Investigators traced the calls to multiple phone lines at VOA headquarters and charged him by federal indictment. At the time of his arrest, Jason was also a volunteer reserve officer with the Anne Arundel County Police Department, a role the department confirmed he no longer holds.

Jason admitted in court to making all eight calls while employed at the government-funded outlet and pleaded guilty in December 2025.

The investigation was led by the U.S. Capitol Police and the State Department Office of Inspector General, with prosecution handled by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan M. Horan and Assistant U.S. Attorney Travis Wolf.

Greene herself reported that death threats continued even after Jason's arrest. She cited a surge in threats, including against her son, following her break with President Trump over the government shutdown, a factor she pointed to when announcing she would not seek reelection and would leave office in January 2026.

Thursday's sentencing is a reminder that threatening elected officials carries real consequences. The U.S. Capitol Police have repeatedly warned that threats against members of Congress have reached historic levels, and cases like Jason's, carried out from inside a federally funded newsroom on the public's dime, make clear that accountability is long overdue.

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