Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., who represents the state’s 10th District centered in Ashburn, told the News4 I-Team his inbox is always full. He and his staff read every message that comes in, but one email this summer stopped them cold.

“He basically told us he was going to bring an assault rifle to our office and potentially use it,” Subramanyam told the I-Team.

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It was a chilling warning in an already tense political climate.

U.S. Capitol Police quickly launched an investigation. A Loudoun County judge issued a two-year protective order against a man from Round Hill, Virginia, believed to have sent the email, requiring him to stay at least 500 yards from the congressman’s home and offices, according to court re

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