A 63-year-old Philadelphia man who threatened to skin a Pennsylvania election official alive in 2024 pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, federal officials said.

John Courtney Pollard pleaded guilty to making interstate threats against a poll watcher in the Western District of Pennsylvania, officials said.

On Sept. 6, 2024, the election official, who was working as a regional election integrity director, posted online that they were recruiting volunteers to help "observe polls" on Election Day.

Pollard then sent the poll worker four texts, including three that were threats, according to officials. The first text Pollard sent said he was interested in being a poll watcher. Then, within 10 minutes, he sent three more threatening texts.

One text read: "I will KILL YOU IF YOU DON'

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