American arrested for death threats to Democratic lawmakers

US Representative Ilhan Omar -- who is Muslim and the first US national lawmaker to wear a headscarf -- is among three legislators who were left death threats (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

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John Kless, 49, of Broward County, is accused of leaving expletive-strewn voicemailed death threats at the Washington offices of California Representative Eric Swalwell, Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.