Nemanja Radovanovic, a 21-year-old Serbian citizen who worked with Szabo, is said to have targeted about 100 people, including members of Congress, governors, cabinet-level executives, and state officials, the New York Post noted.
One of their victims allegedly included a “former elected official from the executive branch.” On January 9, 2024, Radovanovic lied about a murder happening at the home of the former president or vice president, who is not named in the indictment, and threatened to blow up the person’s house.
“We are not on any side,” Szabo allegedly told Radovanovic.
The threatening calls began around December 2020, when Szabo called a crisis intervention number and said he would “commit a mass shooting at multiple unspecified synagogues in New York City.”
Around January 17, 2021, Szabo is said to have called another crisis intervention number and said he would kill Vice President-elect Joe Biden by setting off bombs at the US Capitol Building.
Radovanovic made the last “swatting” call for the pair on January 9, 2024, which was about a murder at the home of a state governor. This call is mentioned in the accusation.
In November of last year, Szabo was transferred from Romania. He pleaded guilty to one count of plot and one count of making bomb threats.
In October, he will be given his term in a federal court in Washington, DC. Continue reading…
