(Washington Insider Magazine) -A former American nurse has been arrested and now faces prison time, after she video recorded herself threatening the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.
Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, of Florida, pled guilty Friday, Sept. 10, to six charges for making threats against the vice president. The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.
She recorded herself in a series of videos where she threatened Harris’ life. She sent the series of videos to her husband, who currently sits in prison, where she expressed her disdain regarding the 2020 election results, a Secret Service complaint stated.
In the videos, Phelps stated “Kamala Harris, you are going to die. Your days are numbered already.”
Phelps, an African American mother of three, stated to authorities that the reason for her threats were because the vice president is not “actually Black” the complaint stated. Phelps was also enraged because she felt Harris swore in without putting her hand on the Bible, which is incorrect.
Harris is the first Black American, first South Asian American, and first woman to be elected vice president in US history.
Officials say Phelps sent her jailed husband six 30-second recordings in February in which she threatened to murder Harris and claimed to have been paid $53,000 and was “the hit man.” She also filed for a concealed firearm permit and provided a photo of herself holding a pistol at a shooting range.
Attorney Scott Saul told the Miami Herald that Phelps’ threats were “limited to talks with her jailed spouse” and that she was “simply venting during a terrible moment in her life.”
According to court documents filed Sept. 10, the prosecution acknowledged that it would have been able to prove the accusations beyond a reasonable doubt if Phelps had consented.
On Nov. 19, a sentencing hearing will be held.
