WASHINGTON — A 35-year-old Queens, New York, man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to kill a congressional staff member and making more than 12,000 harassing phone calls to members of Congress in less than two years.
Ade Salim Lilly pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap or injure someone on interstate commerce, as well as making repeated harassing telephone calls. The 12,000-plus calls, more than 6,526 of which targeted congressional offices in Washington, D.C., were made to the offices of 54 members of Congress from February 2022 to November 2023, when Lilly was arrested, according to court records.
A U.S. Capitol Police spokesman, who said he could not identify individual targets, told NBC News that the calls targeted both…
