Michigan man arrested for threats to kill Kash Patel, FBI associate

Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, of Chesterfield Township, Michigan, was arrested on Friday for threats to kill Patel as well as his associate, named “Victim-1” by the Department of Justice in a press release concerning the charges.

The man used his Facebook account to contact Patel’s associate, according to prosecutors. “This is Baby Bird i put a hit on you and btw [Patel] he is a dead mf too,” Palazzolo allegedly wrote in a message on October 8 to the associate. “Tell his punk a– I said it … Im a expose artist you dumb b–ch.”

Authorities interrogated the man at his home in Michigan the next day, where he admitted to the threats, but apologized and claimed that he “had no intent to harm anyone.”

He said that he contacted other federal law enforcement agencies to voice his “concerns,” but it was not documented what he was complaining about.

After the authorities visited his home, an FBI agent offered his cell phone number and email address to Palazzolo, who then sent the agent a number of threatening texts and messages.

“We will rape you with tree branches on fire up you a** with nails in it down your throat too and up your p*ssy and kill you torcher your cover up artists since you invovled with aggregated secual abuse on me mf,” Palazzolo allegedly wrote.

He has also been accused of leaving voicemails that claimed he was planning on storming the Detroit FBI office and “use deadly force against every single one of you government officials–FBI, Secret Service will all be f–king killed.”

On Friday, he appeared in court and was hit with one count of interstate communications involving threats. He is facing up to five years in prison if convicted.