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He is accused of sending emails containing threats to kill President Donald Trump and behead Florida Congressman Randy Fine.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-25T17:45:36.483Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-25T16:50:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-25T18:45:26.375Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":65,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to FBI and DOJ; two independent outlets published full reports.","critic":"Reports clearly separate facts from comment and include details like names and dates.","hype":"Headlines promise graphic threats, but the body of the reports is more measured."}},"tags":["#AlexMiller","#DonaldTrump","#RandyFine","#FederalCharges","#Threats"],"entities":["Alex Justin Miller","President Donald Trump","Congressman Randy Fine","FBI","Brevard County Sheriff’s Office","Secret Service","Capitol Police"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Alex Justin Miller, 26, of Columbus, Ohio, is accused of sending threatening emails.","The emails allegedly contained threats to kill President Donald Trump and behead Florida Congressman Randy Fine.","Miller faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of a threat to injure.","If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"An Ohio man has been arrested and charged with sending threatening emails. Alex Justin Miller, 26, of Columbus, Ohio, is accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump and behead Florida Congressman Randy Fine. The FBI, Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Secret Service, and Capitol Police collaborated on the investigation, leading to Miller’s arrest within 36 hours of the alleged threats being sent."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on details of the threat"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Fox 19 Now reported that the email Miller allegedly sent to Congressman Fine contained threats to burn Fine’s house down and called Fine and his family “disgusting Nazi f---s.” The criminal complaint mentioned by Spectrum News stated Miller “threatened to murder the congressman and the congressman’s family,” but did not include the specific language or threats to property."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre-rated reports mentioned that Congressman Randy Fine is Jewish. 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