Capitol Rioter From Texas Arrested for Threatening To ‘Assassinate’ AOC | Eastern NC Now

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  A Texas man who took part in the Capitol riots earlier this month has been hit with new charges related to him allegedly threatening to "assassinate" the radically liberal Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

  Court documents obtained by CNN show that Garret Miller is currently facing five criminal charges related to the Capitol riots, including trespassing offenses and making death threats. Specifically, the court papers show that Miller tweeted, "assassinate AOC."

  On top of that, Miller reportedly said that the police officer who fatally shot a Trump supporter during the attack "deserves to die" and won't "survive long" because it's "huntin[g] season." Prosecutors stated that Miller was very active on social media before and during the Capitol riots, saying a "civil war could start" and "next time we bring the guns."

  Miller was arrested last Wednesday, and prosecutors have requested that a judge keep him in prison until his trial. Clint Broden, a lawyer for Miller, has since spoken out to say that his client "certainly regrets what he did."

  "He did it in support of former President (Donald) Trump, but regrets his actions," Broden said. "He has the support of his family, and a lot of the comments, as viewed in context, are really sort of misguided political hyperbole. Given the political divide these days, there is a lot of hyperbole."

  "Mr. Miller takes responsibility for his actions taken on January 6 on behalf of his support for former President Trump and wants to move forward and put this behind him. He has the support of his family and his comments reflect misguided political hyperbole that will not be repeated," he added in a separate statement to Dallas Morning News.

  Ocasio-Cortez has previously claimed that she thought she "was going to die" in the Capitol riots last week after a "close encounter" shook her to her core.

  "I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive," Ocasio-Cortez said in a lengthy video posted to Instagram. "Not just in a general sense, but in a very, very specific sense."

  "I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die," she added. "And you have all of those thoughts where, at the end of your life...all of these thoughts come rushing to you. And that's what happened to a lot of us on Wednesday and I did not think - I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive."