DENVER (KDVR) – A 49-year-old well-known anti-government activist pleaded guilty to retaliation against a judge and harassment, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced on Thursday.
Eric Brandt has made general statements calling for the random shooting of judges and police officers in the past, but this time he pleaded guilty for threatening a specific judge.
Brandt pleaded guilty to three felony counts:
- Incident involved a Denver judge on Dec. 18, 2018
- Incident involved a Jefferson County judge on Nov. 19, 2019
- Incidents involved an Adams County judge, judicial assistant and Adams County Sheriff ‘s Office deputy to on Dec. 2 and 3, 2019
In the Dec. 18, 2018 Denver incident, Brandt was removed, along with fellow associates, after yelling at and intimidating jurors, according to the McCann’s office. Later that day a judicial assistant received messages from Brandt.
“It is my thought that the judge should be violently murdered and his brains splattered all over the face of his children. And it’s my prayer that some [expletive] actually does it. Kill, kill, kill, all judges should die,” Brandt said in the message.
The next day, in an online message, Brandt announced a judge’s home address and called for protests at the home. In the video Brandt said the judge would, “look best hanging from a tree.”
Sentencing is scheduled for April 6.