A Texas man was arrested Thursday for threatening one of the FBI agents involved in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timothy Muller, 43, is charged with making interstate threats and influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While court documents do not name the FBI agent who was the target of the threats, a person familiar with the matter told CNN the agent is a member of special counsel David Weiss\u2019 team investigating the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An attorney for Muller did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He has not yet entered a formal plea in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charges come as the Justice Department and federal agents report increased violent threats \u2013 many of which are related to high-profile investigations and prosecutions like that of Hunter Biden. Attorney General Merrick Garland lambasted the rise of \u201cbaseless, personal and dangerous\u201d threats in a Washington Post op-ed<\/u><\/a> Tuesday, saying that department employees are being \u201cthreatened for simply doing their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muller\u2019s alleged threats against the FBI agent appear to fall into that category. According to court documents, Muller called the FBI agent hours after a Delaware federal jury found President Joe Biden\u2019s son Hunter guilty of three felony gun charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a minute long voicemail, Muller allegedly threatened to kill the agent and their family, saying, \u201cYou can run, but you can\u2019t f**king hide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The message continued with lies about the 2020 presidential election being stolen, according to court documents, and expletive-laden threats, saying that \u201cthe guns will come out, and we\u2019ll hunt you\u201d down \u201cand slaughter you like the traitorous dogs you are in your own f**king homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mueller then allegedly followed up in several texts to the agent\u2019s phone, writing, \u201cHow\u2019s the family? Safe?\u201d and using a homophobic slur, asking if they \u201creally think you were going to disenfranchise 75 million Americans and not die? Lol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n