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Wallace Godwin, 69, was charged in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia with one count of threatening to murder and assault a U.S. official. In unveiling the charge, prosecutors said it was based on a confrontation that took place the day before, on March 22, at the district office of Republican Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia.

Prosecutors said Godwin was frustrated about federal marijuana policy and allegedly made the threat to one of Taylor鈥檚 staffers.

鈥淪cott is having an event this Saturday. I am going to get my shotgun and do something about this. I鈥檒l just handle this myself," Godwin said, according to federal court documents.

The court documents allege that Godwin then pointed at two staffers in the room and said: 鈥淵ou two are next.鈥�

Prosecutors said that if convicted Godwin could face 10 years in prison.

This wasn鈥檛 the first time Godwin had been volatile around Taylor and his staff, according to court records.

In an incident last year, Godwin allegedly drove to the Virginia congressman鈥檚 house and blocked Taylor鈥檚 car with his own. He told Taylor he wanted to talk about marijuana policy. The congressman told Goldwin to leave, and Godwin left 鈥渨ithout further incident,鈥� according to court records.

In another confrontation last year, the records said, Godwin went to Taylor鈥檚 district office, 鈥渓eaned over the reception desk, and began to yell鈥� at a staffer. It was frightening enough that the congressman鈥檚 office reported Godwin to the U.S. Capitol Police at the time.

Godwin鈥檚 views about marijuana were also clear in a federal lawsuit he filed on June 22, 2017 in which he described himself as a 鈥渘atural born conservative鈥� and claimed the government wasn鈥檛 enforcing the Controlled Substances Act.

Godwin, who asked the court to award him $500 million, represented himself in the suit in which he named the 鈥淯.S. federal government鈥� as the sole defendant.

The lawsuit didn鈥檛 make any substantial legal argument or cite specific evidence for his claim. Instead, Godwin attached a printout from the website of Americans for Safe Access, an organization that advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana. 听The page Godwin included explained that 鈥渃annabis is still illegal under federal law鈥� despite medical marijuana laws in many of the states. (An of the page can be found on the organization鈥檚 website.)

Godwin also added a personal statement in his lawsuit:

Know your facts! I am a natural born conservative. Read the Federal law on marijuana. President Nixon ignored the Federal law on marijuana. Marijuana has been altering the minds of the American people since the early 60's. Check my facts! This is the FACT!

The statement was followed by Godwin鈥檚 name, home address in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as well as his home and cell phone numbers.

An assistant U.S. attorney in Norfolk ended up filing a 12-page response to Godwin鈥檚 lawsuit and asked for it to be thrown out.

A federal judge dismissed the suit less than four months after Godwin filed it.

Godwin also appears to have used a Facebook account under the name Wally Godwin, listed as a resident of Virginia Beach, to make some of the same criticisms of marijuana policy that he did in the lawsuit.

In fact, the account was used to post several marijuana-related comments last year on a video from the same congressman Godwin is accused of threatening.

The video, which was streamed live on Taylor鈥檚 Facebook page, showed the congressman speaking at a in Virginia Beach.

鈥淚 am a natural born conservative,鈥� Godwin wrote, using a phrase that would be repeated in the lawsuit four months later. 鈥淲e had a law against Marijuana when Nixon was President it has become a Forgotten law.鈥�

Beyond gripes about marijuana, Godwin鈥檚 Facebook account also promoted an array of far-right content, including conspiracy theories and posts that showed anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant views. He also reposted multiple memes that were supportive of President Trump.

Two days before Godwin鈥檚 arrest, the account shared a post from WikiLeaks that talked the 鈥渄eep state,鈥� something that has turned into a well-traveled conspiracy theory among the far right during the Trump administration.

Godwin鈥檚 account also included a variety of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and other far-right posts.

In one, he shared a video mentioning Sharia law, an Islamic concept that has been the source of wild conspiracy theories in anti-Muslim circles. The video included claims like 鈥淪haria orders death for any Muslim or non Muslim who critics (sic) the Quran.鈥�

Godwin also shared a post calling on President Trump to 鈥淏AN ISLAM IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS.鈥�

The account also showed that Godwin was part of a Facebook group called which has about 7,500 members and traffics in bigoted memes and white victimhood.

The account also praised the president鈥檚 extreme immigration views, including one video that depicted Trump as a construction worker stacking cement blocks to build a border wall.

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