Macon man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot Marjorie Taylor Greene in the head

ATLANTA — A Georgia man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday.

Sean Patrick Cirillo, of Macon, faces up to five years in prison and three years supervised release, as well as a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced in November.

In a video of a call shared with Channel 2 Action News last November, Cirillo can be heard claiming he has a sniper rifle and is going to shoot the Republican congresswoman in the head.

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In the call, he claims to be a major donor before launching into an expletive-laden tirade.

“I’m going to kill her next week. I’m going to murder her,” Cirillo said. “You don’t think you’re going to get payback? You’re going to die. Your family is going to die.”

Greene said at the time that she had to close her district office in Dalton.

Cirillo is expected to be sentenced on Nov. 7.

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