Colorado Man Charged with Threatening Election Officials

Teak Brockbank, a 45-year-old man from Cortez, Colorado, has been federally charged with making threatening statements against election officials in Colorado and Arizona over social media. Brockbank's threats, which date back to September 2021, included explicit calls for violence, such as stating he would be justified in killing a Colorado judge and suggesting that election officials should be executed. He was arrested following an investigation that traced his online posts and connections to firearms, despite being prohibited from owning guns due to a past felony conviction. If convicted of transmitting interstate threats, he faces up to five years in prison. The Justice Department emphasized the importance of protecting public servants from such violent threats, which pose a risk to democracy. Brockbank's initial court appearance was held in Durango, where he was formally charged.