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Denver Man Who Advocated For Shooting Of Judges Arrested For Retaliation Against A Judge
"It is my thought that (the judge) should be violently murdered," Eric Brandt reportedly said in phone records obtained by CBS 4.
DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver District Attorney’s Office has charged Eric Brandt with a felony of retaliation against a judge after he allegedly made several videos threatening a specific Denver County Court judge, and called the judge’s office saying he thought the judge should be murdered in front of his children, according to documents and recordings obtained by CBS4. Brandt was arrested for the charges last week in Lakewood.
Brandt is an activist who has made more general threats against judges in the past, advocating for people to “shoot random judges” in a video he posted a few months ago. However, this is the first time Brandt has been arrested for retaliation against a judge. In the arrest affidavit, the D.A.’s office said Brandt made the threatening phone call on Dec. 18, 2019. CBS4 obtained a copy of that purported phone call, where Brandt is heard calling a judge’s courtroom office, and telling the employee there that he would like to “offer his thoughts and prayers” for the judge.
