ToplineFederal authorities arrested a man who they claim sent graphic and threatening email to Dr. Anthony Fauci, his boss at National Institutes of Health. The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the arrest was made. This is because the federal government's top infectious disease expert continues being a target of abuse by those who doubt Washington's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks while President Donald Trump listens to him during the daily press briefing about the... [+] coronavirus at The White House on March 17, 2020. AFP via Getty ImagesThe Key FactsThomas Patrick Connally (56), was charged Tuesday with threatening to endanger a federal official. According to an affidavit by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector, more than a dozen emails were sent from the same address between December and July. They threatened to kill their wives and children in gruesome and vivid terms. Although the emails were not signed and sent from an anonymous ProtonMail account with encrypted passwords, federal investigators claim that Connally used the ProtonMail address to link an Instagram account and another email address. Although federal authorities did not specify Connally's address, the Baltimore Sun reports that he was arrested in West Virginia and was later charged in Maryland. Maryland is home to both Fauci and Collins offices at NIH headquarters. Connally was not available for comment. Federal court records do not list any attorney as representing him.Important QuoteConnally wrote a December 2012 email to Fauci in which he hoped to get a bullet in his compromised satanic-elf skull. According to an affidavit, Connally.Important BackgroundFauci has been the head of the NIHs National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) for more than 30 year. However, he's also been the public face of the Trump and Biden administrations covid-19 response. Acrimonious criticism has been levelled at Fauci for his support of vaccinations and restrictions on public health, including from former President Donald Trump who called him an idiot last autumn. Fauci has been subject to a torrent of threats over the past year. According to reports, Fauci received threats from multiple sources. He claimed that he received death threats, his adult daughters were harassed and that he had received threats. In August, Fauci said that he received death threats. A mysterious white powder was sent in the mail last summer. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon demanded his beheading.
