Incoming delegate is charged with threatening terrorist acts
Inset: Joseph de Soto (West Virginia Divisions of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). Background: The West Virginia Capitol on Nov. 3, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. (Tom Hindman/The Daily Mail via AP, File).

Inset: Joseph de Soto (West Virginia Divisions of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). Background: The West Virginia Capitol on Nov. 3, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. (Tom Hindman/The Daily Mail via AP, File).

A West Virginia state lawmaker was arrested weeks before his swearing-in for allegedly threatening to kill delegates after he was voted to be removed from his position, authorities said.

Joseph de Soto, 61, faces charges of threats of terrorist acts, according to a criminal complaint.

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