Colorado man arrested in connection with threats against Trump opponents on right-wing websites

A Colorado man has been arrested by the FBI and charged with making threats against election officials, a judge and federal law enforcement agents.

Teak Brockbank, 45, of Cortez, was arrested Friday and charged with transmitting interstate threats . He will make his first court appearance Monday.

An FBI special agent indicated in a redacted affidavit that investigators had been looking into posts made on two right-wing social media websites — Rumble and Gab — and determined that Brockbank went by the username “Teakty4u” and made threats against numerous officials. Brockbank, federal prosecutors wrote, “also has a lengthy history of illegally possessing firearms,” and the FBI affidavit refers to slogans associated with the fringe QAnon movement. The names of Brockbank’s alleged targets were sealed at the request of the government.

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