DOJ Nails VOA Worker After 15 Months

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A taxpayer-funded media worker spent 15 months calling in death threats against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene before finally being sent to prison.

Story Snapshot

A longtime Voice of America employee admitted making eight violent threat calls to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s offices over 15 months.
He pleaded guilty to two federal crimes after threatening to kill Greene, her staff, and her family.
All the calls came from inside Voice of America headquarters, a U.S. government–funded media outlet.
The case highlights growing threats against conservatives and raises serious questions about federal workplace oversight.

VOA employee’s 15‑month threat campaign finally meets real accountability

Federal prosecutors say 64-year-old Seth Jason of Maryland spent more than a year calling Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district offices in Rome and Dalton, Georgia, threatening to murder her, her staff, and her family.^[8] According to the indictment and court records, he made eight threatening calls between October 11, 2023, and January 21, 2025, often using fake names to hide who he was.^[8] During those calls, he talked about firearms and described how they would die if his threats came true.^[8]

The United States Department of Justice says every one of those calls came from inside Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Jason had worked for years in studio and control room positions.^[2] Investigators with the United States Capitol Police traced the calls to multiple phone lines connected to Voice of America studios and control rooms, meaning he was using government resources to stalk a sitting member of Congress.^[8] That detail raises serious questions about security and oversight inside this federally funded newsroom.^[8]

Guilty plea, prison time, and what the sentence really means

The Department of Justice press release confirms Jason pleaded guilty in federal court to two crimes: interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and anonymous telecommunications harassment.^[2] He admitted that his calls included repeated death threats against Greene, her family, and her staff, including a final voicemail saying they were “as good as dead” and should prepare their last wills because “the only thing you’re going to hear is bang.”^[2] Prosecutors described the threats as escalating and timed around the presidential inauguration.^[2]

Jason was originally indicted on four counts, including two separate charges for trying to influence a federal official and threatening a family member, but only the two communication-related charges went forward in the plea.^[8] That means the final sentence rests on what he admitted to, not on every allegation in the first indictment. Even so, the admitted conduct stretches over fifteen months and eight calls, and each threat targeted an elected conservative who was simply doing her job representing Georgia’s 14th District.^[2]

Why this case hits home for conservatives and what still does not add up

This case lands in a broader wave of threats against public officials, where the United States Capitol Police say they handled 9,474 “concerning statements and direct threats” against members of Congress, their families, and their staff in 2024 alone.^[17] Outside research says threats have surged compared with 2016, and that members of both parties now face high levels of harassment.^[16] Yet former president Donald Trump and high-profile Republicans have often been targeted the most, showing how one-sided rage against conservatives has grown.^[22]

⚖️ One detail from the sentencing hearing has left a lot of people shaken.

According to reports, Karmelo Anthony's parents were not present when he was sentenced. They also were not in the courtroom when Austin Metcalf's family delivered their victim impact statements.

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— MKKM (@michekyakeymii) June 12, 2026

For readers, several gaps should still concern you. Voice of America has not been forced, at least in public, to explain how an employee could use its phone system for more than a year to make violent political threats without being stopped.^[8] The government has not released audio of the calls, so the public must trust written descriptions instead of hearing how far the rhetoric went. And while Jason’s guilty plea is clear, the exact sentencing guideline math behind his prison term has not been fully laid out for regular citizens to review.^[2]