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Jerry Nadler: I Spoke With FBI About Roger Stone’s Alleged Threat<!-- wp:html --><p>Erin Scott/Reuters</p> <p>Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Wednesday evening that he has spoken with both Capitol police and the FBI about death threats allegedly tossed his way by right-wing operative <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/roger-stone">Roger Stone</a>. </p> <p>The longtime <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/new-york">New York</a> Democrat said he only found out about Stone’s reported assassination talk targeting both him and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) through news reports after it was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/roger-stone-discussed-assassinating-eric-swalwell-and-jerry-nadler-before-2020-election-report">first reported by Mediaite</a> last week. </p> <p>“It was a surprise to me,” Nadler <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/nadler-says-he-learned-of-roger-stones-alleged-death-threat-on-the-news/">told reporters</a> at the Capitol on Wednesday. “I just found out a few days ago ... I saw it on Mediate.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jerry-nadler-says-he-spoke-with-fbi-about-roger-stones-alleged-assassination-threat">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Wednesday evening that he has spoken with both Capitol police and the FBI about death threats allegedly tossed his way by right-wing operative Roger Stone.

The longtime New York Democrat said he only found out about Stone’s reported assassination talk targeting both him and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) through news reports after it was first reported by Mediaite last week.

“It was a surprise to me,” Nadler told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. “I just found out a few days ago … I saw it on Mediate.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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