Taxpayer-Funded Death Threats—From Inside

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A taxpayer-funded media worker spent 15 months phoning in death threats to a Trump ally in Congress — and only now is he finally headed to prison.

Story Snapshot

Former Voice of America employee Seth Jason admitted making eight violent threats against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over 15 months.
Jason used federal workplace phone lines at Voice of America headquarters to issue anonymous death threats against Greene, her staff, and family.
He pleaded guilty to two federal charges and received a 30‑month prison sentence for the threat campaign.
The case highlights rising threats against conservative officials and troubling silence from the government-run media outlet that employed him.

Who Seth Jason Targeted And How The Threat Campaign Unfolded

Federal prosecutors say former Voice of America employee Seth Jason, age 64, spent fifteen months terrorizing Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the strongest supporters of President Trump in the House.^[2]^[8] Court records show that between October 11, 2023, and January 21, 2025, Jason made eight threatening phone calls to Greene’s district offices in Dalton and Rome, Georgia.^[2]^[8] Investigators say these calls were not simple rants. They were specific threats to kill Greene, her staff, and even her family members, often describing how he wanted them to die.^[2]

According to the indictment, Jason’s threats escalated over time, peaking around the presidential inauguration in January 2025.^[2]^[8] On January 8, 2025, he left a voicemail warning Greene would not “see the inaugural,” saying she, her staff, and her family would be dead.^[2]^[4] On January 21, 2025, he called again, saying they were “as good as dead” and to make their wills ready, adding that the only thing they would hear was “bang” as he yearned to hear her “cry for [her] last breath.”^[2]^[4]

Using A Federal Media Platform To Attack An Elected Conservative

Investigators found that Jason made all eight threats while working inside the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., the federal government’s international broadcasting arm funded by American taxpayers.^[2]^[8] The United States Capitol Police traced the calls to multiple phone lines connected to Voice of America studios and control rooms, where Jason worked as a longtime studio supervisor and lighting director.^[1]^[8] Prosecutors say he even used pseudonyms like “Kevin” and “Ruben” as he tried to hide his identity while phoning Greene’s offices from this government facility.^[1]

The indictment charged Jason with four serious federal offenses: influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment.^[8] These are not minor counts. Together, they carried a potential maximum sentence of up to ten years in federal prison if a jury had convicted him on all charges.^[6]^[8] Instead of going to trial, Jason later accepted a plea deal, which narrowed the legal case but still confirmed the core facts of his conduct.

Guilty Plea, Prison Time, And What The Sentence Really Means

In June 2026, the Department of Justice announced that Jason pleaded guilty in federal court to two of the four charges: interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment.^[2]^[4] By pleading guilty, he formally admitted that he made eight anonymous, threatening calls across state lines, and that those calls promised violence against Greene, her staff, and her family.^[2] The plea also means he gave up his right to a trial, letting the judge move straight to sentencing within the limits set by law.^[4]

Jason received a 30‑month prison sentence, well below the combined seven‑year maximum for the two charges but still a significant term for a threat case.^[4] Public documents do not detail every step of the sentencing guideline math, yet the sentence falls comfortably inside the legal range for the offenses he admitted.^[4] Two counts from the original indictment — the ones tied directly to influencing a federal official and threatening a family member — were not adjudicated because of the plea deal, which means the court focused sentencing on the two counts Jason actually accepted.^[4]^[8]

Why This Case Matters For Conservatives, Taxpayers, And Political Safety

This is not just a story about one disturbed caller. It is about a government-funded media worker using federal resources to target an elected conservative and her family with explicit death threats.^[1]^[8] Voice of America exists to present America to the world, yet one of its own employees spent more than a year trying to intimidate a sitting member of Congress from that very building, using government phone lines in the middle of the workday.^[1]^[2] So far, available reports do not show any public, detailed accounting from Voice of America about how this was allowed to happen or what internal changes followed.^[1]^[8]

The case also fits into a broader rise in threats against public officials in both parties, with the United States Capitol Police reporting thousands of threat assessment cases every year.^[17] For many conservative readers, it raises a blunt question: if a Trump-aligned lawmaker like Greene can be hunted by a government media employee for fifteen months before the system shuts it down, what does that say about the culture inside some federal institutions and the urgency with which they protect voices that challenge the left’s agenda?