The full tirade of a Georgia man’s vile threats to kill Marjorie Taylor Greene has been revealed, as he faces up to five years in prison.
Sean Patrick Cirillo, 34, phoned up the Republican congresswoman’s Washington DC Office and told staff he is ‘going to shoot her in the f****** head and kill her’.
He also told a staff worker: ‘I’m gonna murder her,’ before adding: ‘I’ll kill you too if you want… Your grandchildren are going to f***** die,’ in an exchange posted by NBC.
The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of transmitting interstate threats before a U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta on Tuesday. He will now be sentenced later.
‘Threatening to kill a public official is reprehensible,’ U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan of Georgia’s northern district said in a statement. ‘Our office will not tolerate any form of violence, threats or intimidation against public officials.’
An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats against U.S. Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
Court records show that Sean Patrick Cirillo, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge of transmitting interstate threats. Pictured: Greene is joined by her family as she greets supporters
On one of the calls, according to prosecutors, Cirillo said: ‘I got a bead on her. Like a sniper rifle. A sniper rifle. And I’m gonna kill her next week.’
Prosecutors say Cirillo phoned Greene’s Washington office three times on November 8 last year and made threatening statements while speaking with the lawmaker’s staff.
Cirillo isn´t the first person to face criminal charges for threatening Greene.
Joseph Morelli, of Endicott, New York, was sentenced to three months in prison last year after he pleaded guilty to leaving violent voicemails in calls to Greene´s office in 2022.
Greene asked the judge in the New York case to order Morelli to pay $65,000 in restitution to cover the cost of a security fence at her Georgia home.
U.S. District Judge Brenda Kay Sannes denied the request, saying Greene’s lawyers didn’t establish that the security upgrades were linked directly to Morelli’s threats.
Greene also revealed last year how she received a death threat saying she would be shot in the head and skinned sent before her house was swatted on Christmas Day.
Swatting is a process by which someone generates an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses.
The Georgia Republican posted a screenshot of the vile message on her X account from a man claiming he wanted to make a ‘parasol’ out of her skin, in reference to the serial killer Ed Gein.
Known as the ‘Butcher of Planfield’, Gein killed two women and was a grave robber who made clothing out of body parts.
The 49-year-old politician also said the man threatened to ‘smash’ the head of her TV broadcaster boyfriend Brian Glenn ‘on a curb’.
Greene speaks during the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15, in Milwaukee
The lawmaker also stated the Capitol Police had investigated the man’s threats, but didn’t arrest him.
She shared a screenshot of an email she received from investigators, and said they ‘simply called’ the suspect.
‘The outright absurdity of this email response and the fact that they have not arrested this guy is shocking, thankfully I’m a gun owner.
Greene posted the threat hours after she revealed she was swatted for ‘like the eighth time’ on December 25 while her family was enjoying festivities inside.
‘I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here,’ MTG wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
‘My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn’t have to deal with this. I appreciate them so much and my family and I are in joyous spirits celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ!’
