Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Rep. John Lewis’ Staff

Dante Antione Rosser, a man accused of threatening the staff of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, above, has pleaded guilty in federal court. Prosecutor Phyllis Clerk said Rosser made threatening calls to staff members in Lewis’ offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., from March 2016 through February 2017.

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A man accused of threatening the staff of U.S. Rep. John Lewis pleaded guilty Friday in federal court.

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Dante Antione Rosser, 43, pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening a federal official. Rosser’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, prosecutor Phyllis Clerk said in court.