A Montana man has been convicted of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Prosecutors say 45-year-old Richard Rogers made the threat during a series of more than 100 calls to the Republican lawmaker's office in February 2023.

Montana man Richard Rogers was convicted of threatening former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R–Bakersfield) after expressing anger about a Chinese spy balloon floating over his city in Billings.

A man from Montana was convicted by a federal jury this week on the charges of threatening former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the course of more than 100 phone calls.

Prosecutors said the man made more than 100 threatening phone calls to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office, plus 150 more to the FBI tip line.