Missouri man sentenced for threatening 2 congressmen

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 63-year-old southwest Missouri man who threatened two U.S. Democratic congressmen has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison. Kenneth Hubert, of Marionville, was sentenced Tuesday for threatening Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee. Hubert pleaded guilty in June to two counts of threatening to injure federal officials. Both threats were made over the phone. Hubert called Cleaver’s office in Independence, Missouri, in January and called Cohen’s office in Washington D.C. in 2019. Among other things, he suggested both men should be hung by a noose. Federal prosecutors have said Hubert made similar threats to other politicians, a federal judge and political organizations dating back to 2014.