Aug. 27 UPI — A 45-year-old man from Colorado, Teak Brockbank, has been arrested and charged for making online threats against election workers, a state judge, and federal law enforcement agents.
Brockbank, from Cortez, Colorado, appeared in court on Monday after the FBI arrested him in his hometown last Friday. He faces charges for sending threats across state lines, which could lead to up to five years in prison if he is convicted.
Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that Brockbank made detailed death threats against election officials, judges, and law enforcement officers. According to federal prosecutors, Brockbank posted these threats on conservative social media platforms, Rumble and Gab, between September 2021 and August 2022. The posts, which were included in an FBI affidavit, called for the deaths of several public servants.
One of Brockbank’s posts from September 22, 2021, called for the execution of a Colorado election official, whom he accused of destroying election data. In the post, he allegedly referred to the woman as a crazed liberal and said she “has to Hang by the neck till she is Dead Dead Dead.
In another post from August 4, 2022, he called for the execution of unidentified election officials in Colorado and Arizona, saying that once these people are put to death, others would “melt like snowflakes and turn on each other.
Brockbank also allegedly threatened a Colorado state judge in a post from October 2, 2021, writing that he could put a bullet in this Man’s head and that he would be Justified.
Search warrants revealed that Brockbank texted his stepfather on December 20, 2023, about the removal of former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado, a decision later overturned by the Supreme Court. In the text, Brockbank allegedly said that the judges involved were now at the front of my list.
Information from Brockbank’s phone showed pictures of him with guns, which is illegal for him due to a 2002 conviction for attempted theft. In a text to his stepfather, he allegedly said, “I do not go anywhere without a firearm.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri stated that Brockbank threatened the lives of multiple public servants on social media, including claiming it was time to put two state election officials to death and that he was obligated to put a bullet in the head of a Colorado state judge.
This case is part of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, which was launched in June 2021 due to increasing threats against election officials after Trump’s 2020 election loss. The task force has brought more than 16 cases, with 11 resulting in prison sentences.
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