Louisiana man charged with threatening President Bush

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Federal authorities have charged a Louisiana man with threatening to kill President George W. Bush.

A social worker who treated Gregory Broussard in an emergency room last month told Secret Service agents Broussard had threatened to kill Bush and blow up the White House, according to an affidavit in support of the criminal complaint. The circumstances of Broussard's visit to the emergency room were not immediately clear. Broussard is expected to appear in court Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors will ask that he be detained, according to a written statement from the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Louisiana...more

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