A former Voice of America staffer who phoned in a string of violent threats against former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is headed to federal prison.
On Thursday, June 18, 2026, Seth Jason, 64, of Edgewater, Maryland, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to making repeated, anonymous threats against Greene. He was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release after his prison term.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan handed down the sentence, according to DC News Now, which reported the June 18 ruling and supervised-release term. Jason had been arrested in July 2025 and pleaded guilty in December 2025 to two federal counts tied to the threats.
Threat Calls Traced to VOA Studios
Court filings and a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release state that Jason made eight anonymous calls between Oct. 11, 2023, and Jan. 21, 2025, leaving increasingly menacing voicemails. Prosecutors say one message told Greene’s office to “make your last will ready” and warned that her staff and family “were as good as dead.”
Investigators traced the calls to phone lines connected to studios and control rooms inside Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Not exactly the sort of traffic you expect coming out of a government newsroom.
Investigation and Prosecution
The U.S. Capitol Police and the State Department Office of Inspector General helped trace and investigate the threats, and the case was prosecuted in federal court by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brendan Horan and Travis Wolf.
“No one should have to live their life in fear wondering if those threats are about to be fulfilled,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said in the plea release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said the most serious messages coincided with the Presidential Inauguration in January 2025.
Charges and Penalties
Jason pleaded guilty to one count of interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure and one count of anonymous telecommunications harassment. Those offenses carry statutory maximums of five years and two years respectively, according to reporting by The Associated Press. After weighing the Sentencing Guidelines, the judge ordered a 30-month prison term.
From Indictment to Sentence
When the arrest was first unsealed last summer, the apparent use of a government broadcaster’s phone lines made the case stand out. Indicted Over Greene Threats covered the initial charges as they became public. Prosecutors say the call logs and recorded voicemails were key pieces of evidence tying the threats to Jason.
Federal prosecutors have stressed that tracking and charging threats against public officials remains a priority for investigators, and they frame Jason’s sentence as part of a broader push to deter violent threats against members of Congress and their staffs.
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