Michele Bachmann Threat: Federal Grand Jury Investigating Crude Tweet

Star Tribune:

A federal grand jury here is investigating a man for allegedly using Twitter to threaten U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann during her presidential campaign.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth revealed the investigation this week when he ruled against the man's request to quash a grand jury subpoena seeking his identity from Twitter, a social networking site.

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Comments

[Rod Bravender]

07:09 AM on 03/05/2012

You know If you sat down and figared out the amount of money wasted on campaning on Republican Side That could Have payed off a good chuck of The Defacit and rase a good chuck of Intrest that The Chinese Wouldn't get and Republicans could put War chest against Obama. And Mitt Romney You need to talk Michele Bachman Into being your running mate because you Repulicans Keep forgeting to mension Woman In your rebiulding of America big mastack the most Inportant people In america and you forget them. See theres the diffrence Me Barack and Bill have the comun sence to Know what the most Inportant people are In are Lives are Are Mothers are Sisters and are daughters. Thats we will win because we have the commond sences to know better and Jobs I have Them When You have the common sence To Lisen. Rod The Majestic Lion. seya

[camelias and sweet tea]

02:09 PM on 02/27/2012

Now they are investigation we tt dreams of hor ney people?

[Suzy 24]

03:20 PM on 02/27/2012

No they would say she couldn't get mental help for her dreams,being horny is a preexisting
condition.

[nikky]

04:06 PM on 02/27/2012

who cares

[camelias and sweet tea]

04:38 PM on 02/27/2012

THAT was the entire point of my comment.

[SolarArray]

02:09 PM on 02/27/2012

These tweets aren't necessary. The more effective strategy is to just not vote her back in and let her work in the private sector for the first time in her life.

[sprootles]

02:04 PM on 02/27/2012

So basically people's tweets are investigated but Limbaugh can make dogwhistle threats on his show everyday and he's allowed to remain on-air.

[StopMakingSense2]

02:23 PM on 02/27/2012

Flush Lipbalm is not little people! He is safe in this plutocracy since he is such an ass......et to those who plays the tunes the lemmings like so much!

[CivilDebate10]

01:40 PM on 02/27/2012

Yep, just as I thought.... read the posts from the rabid liberals below and see how "tolerant" and "anti-violent" they are. typicla.

[sprootles]

02:05 PM on 02/27/2012

Watch video clips of Joe Miller's boys detaining the press and the headstomper from Paul's campaign...not to mention the clips of the people throwing dollars at the parkinson's patient and you'll see how 'antiviolent' the right are...

[MGhamma]

07:41 PM on 02/27/2012

Cite one violent comment from one of us "rabid" liberals.

[Canliberalwoman]

01:08 PM on 02/27/2012

I'm surprise there is some one whackier than her out their!

[buddiecat2]

12:57 PM on 02/27/2012

Maybe the gentleman should just say that he was only joking. Works for the GOP.

[Ralph Boyd]

12:09 PM on 02/27/2012

All this because some dude wanted to be spanked by Bachmann.

[Tom Riggs]

12:00 PM on 02/27/2012

Yes she should be protected but she should also pay for that service out of her pocket , other wise you could consider all this protection a form of socialism.

[critterzdad2]

11:55 AM on 02/27/2012

Sad that someone would think to threaten this woman. While she is not my cup of tea I certainly uphold her right to be and to be heard, wether I like what she represents or not. Its a free country.

[wyntka]

12:05 PM on 02/27/2012

Don't you mean she's not your "cup of tea-party"?
But I agree; there's no room for threatening language anywhere, and certainly not in the realm of electoral politics.
Having said that, Bachmann is something I scooped out of my cat's box last night.

[WryAwry]

10:25 AM on 02/27/2012

Let this serve as a warning that hyperbolic rhetoric will only be permitted when coined by hateful, moronic repugnant-can'ts.

[brklynivn]

08:59 AM on 02/27/2012

She needs something to take her mind of of her sham of a marriage.

[tmrn31m]

08:14 AM on 02/27/2012

Waste of taxpayer money. If she wants it investigated she should hire a private investigator and not be a burden on the taxpayers. These republicans are always mooching off the government, without offering any value in return. These people are so self entitled to other peoples money.

[teletom]

10:52 AM on 02/27/2012

Yeah, that's actually their job. They're being paid already, so let them do their job. Of course, if she were liberal, you'd be screaming bloody hell about this....don't even try and deny it

[Tom Riggs]

12:02 PM on 02/27/2012

Quote from Margo Arrowsmith. "So the Pub/Con propaganda King, Frank Luntz brags about a bumper sticker with Obama running in front of the car, right wing bloggers and radio shock jocks make veiled and not so veiled threats and encouragement to their ditto heads to hurt Obama and they are investigating one tweet to some has been TeaCon? I know that people got detained for doing and saying a fraction of what people are doing and saying about Obama and being untouched, but this is ridiculous."

[tmrn31m]

07:46 PM on 02/27/2012

Just a moocher on society, typical republican.

[jnratliff]

05:44 AM on 02/27/2012

Must have been another republican that threatened her!
Dems don't make threats against the mentally ill !

[harrymudd]

12:01 AM on 02/27/2012

Honestly when I first read the headline I was sure it was her being investigated for threatening somebody.