Former Hopkins mayoral candidate awaiting trial after alleged threat to kill federal judge
The judge is not named in the charges, but Ivers had repeatedly lashed out against U.S. District Judge
A federal grand jury on Tuesday returned a superseding indictment against Ivers, who has been held in
While running for mayor of
Ivers' defense team and the
The government also cited four 2014 reports to the
Ivers has been described through recent court filings as unemployed, without his own home and a "self-described loner." Prosecutors successfully used his past statements to convince an
Because the alleged threat was made against a
Pratt also has refused to throw out Ivers' statements to his former attorneys. Ivers' defense team, which does not include the same lawyers who reported the threats, had argued that the statements used to charge Ivers should be protected by attorney-client privilege.
Against the wishes of his legal team, Ivers testified earlier this year during an evidentiary hearing in the case, characterizing his past remarks as "arguments in the natural course of life" and referring to his "right to fight" when wronged by another person. Before being charged, Ivers prompted heightened security at hearings in his civil case, and the
Prosecutors now say Ivers also sent Wright a series of concerning notes throughout his litigation, including telling the judge that he was in "dire [expletive] straights!"
"I am becoming a very dangerous person!!!" he added.
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