FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Andrew Sandvik appeared in federal court today on charges of influencing a federal official by threat, with a possible maximum sentence of up to ten years.

The complaint alleges that Sandvik made several online social media posts that contain threats towards President Trump and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret Service.

Several posts referenced came from posts made on September 17th. Two of the posts call on the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and KGB to find him in Fargo. While another called out FBI Director, Kash Patel, asking why he was incapable of finding him.

FBI Minneapolis Special Agent in Charge, Alvin M. Winston Sr., commented on the charges, stating, “Death threats and violent, inflammatory rhetoric have no place in our society. T

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