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Man gets 10-month sentence for threatening Muslim politician

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Trial set for man charged with threatening Muslim candidate

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FILE - In this March 23, 2019 file image provided by the campaign of Qasim Rashid, state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid poses at the Stafford County Courthouse in Stafford, Va. A federal judge refused Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 to throw out a case in which a North Carolina man is charged with anonymously threatening to lynch Qasim Rashid, a Muslim-American man who is campaigning for a state Senate seat in Virginia. (Marion Meakem Photography/Quasim Rashid Campaign via AP, File)

Judge refuses to toss charge over threat to Muslim candidate

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2019 image provided by the campaign of Qasim Rashid, state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid poses at the Stafford County Courthouse in Stafford, Va. Joseph Cecil Vandevere, is charged with interstate communication of a threat to injure a person in connection with a tweet directed at Virginia state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid. The tweet included a picture of a lynching and read, &quot;VIEW YOUR DESTINY.&quot; (Marion Meakem Photography/Quasim Rashid Campaign via AP)

FBI: Man threatened Muslim candidate, synagogue in posts

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press