NANTICOKE, Pa. — A man from Luzerne County is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening President Joe Biden.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that Jordan Gee, age 37, of Nanticoke, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threats against the president and interstate communications with a threat.
According to the United States Attorney, Gee posted several videos on the internet shortly before Pres. Biden's visit to Scranton for a campaign event on April 16.
Investigators say that In those videos, Gee made several threats to the president and others, including, "Joe Biden: I'm going to kill you and your whole cabinet," and, "If you come to my city in Scranton, Pennsylvania, I'm cutting your f*****g head off in front of everybody; I promise."
The maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is 20 years in prison, supervised release, and a fine.
The president was in Scranton on a campaign swing of speeches and appearances with small groups. His main address took place at the Scranton Cultural Center.
The president's talk started like nearly all of the speeches he's given in Scranton: talking about his love for his hometown. It then transitioned to what was very clearly a campaign speech tackling inequities with the U.S. tax code and taking aim at his opponent, former president Donald Trump.
The crowd inside the Cultural Center was invite-only, close to 100 people, familiar faces in Lackawanna County politics. There were elected and public officials, people tied to the local Democratic party, and many people who work in public education in Lackawanna County.
The president painted Scranton as a picture of the middle class and talked about how the tax code puts those middle-class families at a disadvantage.
Pres. Biden also visited his boyhood home in the city's Green Ridge section and spoke with some union representatives at their headquarters in South Side.
He departed the next day after staying in Scranton overnight and visiting a veterans memorial where his uncle is listed among those honored on the monument.