WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was charged with threatening to kill an employee of a state political party who had been recruiting people to monitor polls for the Nov. 5 U.S. election, according to court documents made public on Monday.
John Courtney Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, is accused of sending threatening messages to the unidentified party employee, including vowing to “SKIN YOU ALIVE,” according to an indictment filed by federal prosecutors in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Pollard was arrested on Monday and charged with one count of transmitting interstate threats. He has not yet entered a plea and it was not immediately clear if he had an attorney…