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Nancy Pelosi Death Threats: Gregory Lee Giusti Used Magic Jack
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by Sudha Krishna | April 8, 2010 at 03:54 pm
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Nancy Pelosi Death Threats: Fox News Blamed, Incitement of Gregory Lee Giusti, Used Magic Jack For Threats
A California man, Gregory Giusti arrested for making death threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Dem-California) could face up to 2 years in prison and be slapped with a $250 thousand fine if found guilty a court hearing heard on Thursday.
Gregory Giusti reportedly called Speaker Pelosi's office and home, using the Magic Jack computer based internet phone, which belonged to a friend, at least 48 times, according to Politico.
Pelosi was so offended with the language used on the message, she declined to recount it to agents in an interview.
Giusti, 48, admitted to officers that he made the calls when the officers played the recording for him at his San Francisco home, according to the criminal complaint released Thursday.
Gregory Gisuti's death, threats and threatening phone calls were instigated by Fox News according to Giusti's mother, Eleanor Giusti. The 83 year said her son has a history of mental illness and can be easily influenced and apparently he was angry about the Democrats Health Care Plan.
Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems," Eleanor Giusti said. "I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from."
This arrest is now the third arrest involving death threats against members of congres, threats that are primarily based on oppostion to the Obama Health Care Plan.
Gregory Giusti makes another court appearance on Monday.
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Sandra Taylor (not verified)at 02:07 on April 10th, 2010
I do not see what this has to do with the magic jack itself. This man evedently is mentally unbalanced. And to blame his actions on magic jack or even fox news is dumb! There is a signifficant number of people who do not like the health bill. My major complaint is the fact that we can not afford the medicaid program already. So they are going to put millions more people on it? My son can not keep a job because he has seizures. He has lost at least 3 jobs because of his condition. He can not get medicaid because he is over the age of 18. Under Obamas so called health care plan he can be find over $600. No, I do not like the Obama plan. It was signed into law before the members of congress and others were able to read it and analize it. No sir, I do not like Obama care. Call me what you will but when I flip through the channels and see Obama on as many channels as I do every single day the only thing that goes through my mind is is this another dictator to be? It seems to me even when I hear him talk to people who diagree with him is someone who has a god complex. A comment he made when he was tring to defend his health care bill (and I heard this with my own ears) Obama said the bottom line is I am president and you are not. That is like saying I am going to have my way or you are going to be sorry. He told the members of the House and Congress that if they did not sign off on this bill that they would not have a friend in the White House. What kind of stuff is that?And I will tell it till the cows come home to anyone who will listen. I will not threaten anyones life. But I will help get anyone who voted for the bill OUT OF OFFICE!
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Reenie Lafferty (not verified)at 19:46 on April 11th, 2010
Sandra, based on your entire comment I'm not sure that you even care about any accurate information, but just in case you just haven't bothered to find out any details I will give you some links. As you can see on this first link, your son will be eligable for Medicaide in 2014: docs.house.gov/energycommerce/AFFORDABILITY.pdf This link gives you the timeline for the implementation and as you can see neither the fines for the lack of insurance nor the assistence for payment of premiums kick in until 2014: docs.house.gov/energycommerce/TIMELINE.pdf For a lot of detailed information look at the articles under Provisions at a Glance: www.defazio.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=507
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Reenie Lafferty (not verified)at 20:07 on April 11th, 2010
Sandra, based on your entire comment I'm not sure that you even care about any accurate information, but just in case you just haven't bothered to find out any details. Your son will be eligable for Medicaide in 2014. Neither the fines for the lack of insurance nor the assistence for payment of premiums kick in until 2014. I tried to give you the link for a timeline and other pertinent information but this site seems to think I was spamming so if you want to check this all out just Google 'Peter DeFazio heath care'. He has an excellent site with easy to understand information, especially under Provisions at a Glance.