An Omaha man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to threatening the life of Sen. Joni Ernst, who he believed was in cahoots with Islamic State terrorists.
Robert W. Simet, 64, told employees at a motorcycle shop near the Nebraska-Iowa border last July that he might kill the Iowa Republican at a speech she was scheduled to deliver there, according to court documents obtained by The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Simet registered a firearm in 2007, according to the affidavit. In 1975, he was convicted of felony burglary in Nebraska, but he received a full pardon in 2000, which restored his gun rights. He also was convicted of misdemeanor assault and battery in 2013.
It is unclear how long of a prison sentence Simet will serve for the threats on Ernst.
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