An Edgewater man who worked for Voice of America was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after prosecutors claimed he used phones inside the agency’s Washington offices to make multiple anonymous threats against former US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Seth Jason, 65, pleaded guilty in December to interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, as well as anonymous telecommunication harassment. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan sentenced him on Thursday, June 18, 2026, and ordered two years of supervised release.
Federal prosecutors described the case as a 15-month intimidation campaign that included eight calls to Greene’s congressional offices from October 2023 to January 2025, when he was a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Court filings show that the calls included threats against Greene, her workers, and her family. Investigators traced each call back to the Voice of America headquarters, where Jason worked at the time.
US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro viewed the case as part of a larger trend of threats against elected leaders.
“Seth Jason repeatedly threatened to assault and kill former Congresswoman Greene, and he did so from inside Voice of America, where he had a taxpayer-funded job,” Pirro said.
Court filings suggest that the threats mentioned firearms, ammo, and Greene’s public appearances. According to authorities, in one voicemail from October 2023, Jason used a fictitious name and mentioned bringing AK-47s to a Greene demonstration.
The threats lasted until January 2025, just before the presidential inauguration. Prosecutors stated that one message suggested Greene would not “see the inaugural,” while another warned that Greene and her colleagues “were as good as dead.”
“No one should have to live their life in fear wondering if threats are about to be fulfilled,” Pirro said. “Today’s sentence delivers a strong message. My office will take these threats seriously.”
The United States Capitol Police and the Department of State’s Office of Inspector General examined the situation.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorneys Brendan M. Horan and Travis Wolf.
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