A Billings, Montana, man on Wednesday was convicted of threatening former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the government’s handling of a Chinese spy balloon that floated above the continental United States last year.
According to a report from the Associated Press (AP), a 12-person jury found 45-year-old Richard Rogers guilty of delivering threats to a McCarthy staffer on February 3, 2023, the day after Pentagon officials announced they were tracking the spy balloon , which was spotted above Montana as it traveled across the country.
The balloon was eventually shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. Defense officials had said at the time that they decided not to shoot the balloon down as it was floating above land over fears that it could hurt people on the ground…