By: MTN News
Posted at 5:53 PM, Feb 23, 2023
MISSOULA - A Kalispell man is accused of threatening to kill Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester.

Kevin Patrick Smith, 45, is charged with two counts of "threats to injure and murder a United States Senator," a felony.

Smith pleaded not guilty to those charges in U.S. District Court in Missoula Thursday afternoon.

In the indictment, prosecutors say on Jan. 30, 2023, Smith made numerous threatening calls to Sen. Tester by phone, leaving voicemails at his Kalispell office.

In one instance Smith stated,

"there is nothing more than to have you stand toe to toe with me. You stand toe to toe with me. I rip your head off. You die. You stand in a situation where it is physical between you and me. You die.".... "I will never stop....and I would love to destroy you and rip your f***ing head from your shoulders. That is no problem. Call that a threat. Send the FBI."

Smith acknowledged in the recording that he threatened Sen. Tester and that such threats were "on purpose".

On Feb. 1, 2023, the FBI contacted the defendant and instructed him not to threaten physical violence toward Sen. Tester. Then on Feb. 10, 2023, Smith again called Sen. Tester stating in one voice message,

"I want you to understand. If I ever pull my trigger, I know what dies."

In another voicemail received on the same date, Smith stated:

"No one with any understanding of anything pulls the trigger. Unless they know what they're shooting at. I guaran-dodamn-tee you. My trigger doesn't get pulled until I know what I'm shooting at. And when I know what I'm shooting at, and I've decided it's dead, it gets pulled. And there's no if ands or buts about it. And there's no coming back from that."

Smith was arrested by law enforcement in Kalispell on Wednesday.

Smith's preliminary pretrial conference is set for March 8 before Judge Dana L. Christensen.

https://www.kpax.com/news/crime-and...reatening-to-kill-u-s-senator-jon-tester

This should probably be on a guys short list of things not to do.

What an idiot.

Better this than pulling a gun and actually shooting?
Unstable lib? Native to the state or California import?


Osky

Mental illness is mental illness, it's treated differently when it effects "them".

Crazy people say and do crazy stuff..

Looks like WA then CA before coming here

Uppin' the ante to a gun threat after the courtesy call was special.

Change begins with the crazies.

Wow

He mad

My thought exactly. The Feds give you a warning and a pass and then you step right back into it. Jeez.

Don't you just love it when they talk dirty?

JeffA: I certainly do not wish any harm to two finger tester but I do wish him NOT to be a Senator from Montana any longer!
I can not wait to vote against this two faced, back stabbing, deceitful, divisive, lying, sack ofshit!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Stoopid fuuuk gonna get some serious time.
Actions not words probably woulda got him the same amount of time....
At least then the Governor could have named a Repub replacement for the schit bird till the next election...

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Everyone in those Hallowed Halls Knows they’ve done crossed the Line ..

Their hearing Footsteps..

There’s Hammer’s on Backorder..

That dude's as crazy as a bedbug.

L.W.

Na

If he would have said ..

I’ll rip your Head Off and S hit in your Trunk ..

Now he’s be Bonafide USDA Wack0 Crazy..

Didn’t quite get there ..

No Cash Bail..

I say Hung Jury ..

I see on the perp’s Facebook that he is ultra MAGA.

Bet it’s pale in comparison to the threats Gianforte gets daily from leftist fàggots like callnum

Apr 20, 2023
MISSOULA - A Kalispell man accused of threatening to kill Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester in calls to his office admitted to a threats charge on Thursday.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 46-year-old Kevin Patrick Smith pleaded guilty to threats to murder a United States Senator.

Smith faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.

A sentencing date has been set for Aug. 24, 2023, and Smith was detained pending further proceedings.

The government alleged in court documents that on Jan. 30, Smith made numerous threatening phone calls to Sen. Tester, by leaving voicemails at his Kalispell office.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Smith said the following in one message:

“There is nothing I want more than to have you stand toe to toe with me. You stand toe to toe with me. I rip your head off. You die. You stand in a situation where it is physical between you and me. You die.”

The message continued:

“I will never stop … And I would love to destroy you and rip your (obscenity) head from your shoulders. That is no problem. Call that a threat. Send the FBI.”

Smith also left a message for Sen. Tester that said:

“I would love to (obscenity) kill you. I would love to see your FBI at my door. I would love to see something in the news.”

Smith acknowledged in the recordings that he threatened Sen. Tester and such threats were “on purpose.” Smith made the threats because he was upset with Sen. Tester’s political decisions.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto presided. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan G. Weldon is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI and U.S. Capital Police.