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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday Washington could
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PORTLAND, Maine 鈥?A man charged with mailing threats to Gov. Paul LePage, the governor of Wisconsin and members of Congress pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to two additional charges that do not appear to involve politicians.Michael R. Thomas , 51, of Portland was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Portland for inters
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stanley cup ess, four counts of mailing threatening communications and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.He pleaded not guilty in April in federal court in Portland to the threatening, mail and gun charges.The new indictment did not identify who he allegedly stalked, but alleged that Thomas sent threatening and harassing information through the U.S. mail to addresses in Danvers and Peabody, Mass. The charge of making a terrorist hoax stemmed from a letter containing a white substance Thomas allegedly sent to a Danvers, Mass., address.Thomas, who was arrested March 25 at his apartment at the Loring House, a residence for senior citizens and people who have disabilities, continues to be held without bail at Cumberland County Jail.He is accused of threatening LePage, Gov. Scott Walker of Madison, Wis., U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Thomas DNA was found on the envelopes in which the letters were mailed, according to court documents.According
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