MAGA ex-CEO threatens cops with 'piano wire' if they don't lay off his ally: report
Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, has threatened that law enforcement could be killed if they don't stop the case against an elections clerk charged with breaching data equipment to help MAGA.
According to The Washington Post, during a lengthy session on X Spaces, Byrne repeatedly claimed officials prosecuting Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, could face "a piano wire and a blowtorch" if they don't back off.
His comments come amid rising fears of political violence in the wake of the deadly shooting at Trump's Pennsylvania rally earlier this month that left the former president with an ear wound. Byrne acknowledged that his references could be considered felonious threats, according to the Post....
