Charged With Threatening to Kill FBI Director Kash Patel: Michigan Man Anthony Daniel Palazzolo Arrested, Detention Hearing Set for November 2
DETROIT — The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, of Chesterfield Township in Macomb County, Michigan, was arrested on October 30, 2026, and charged with making threats to kill FBI Director Kash Patel and his associate, identified in the complaint as Victim-1 (V-1). U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. made the announcement, joined by Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Detroit.
The criminal complaint charges that on October 8, 2026, Palazzolo sent V-1 a message via Facebook in which he wrote that he had “put a hit out” on V-1 and that Patel was a “dead mf too.” Following the FBI's interview of Palazzolo, he continued to harass a Detroit FBI agent by phone, threatening to come to the office and “use deadly force against every single one of you government officials.”
Palazzolo appeared in federal court on the afternoon of October 30 and was temporarily detained. A detention hearing was set for November 2. The U.S. Attorney's Office noted that a criminal complaint is only a charging document and is not evidence of guilt, and that the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eaton Brown.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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