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Associated Press
New York

FBI: N.Y. man threatened to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar
In this Feb. 5, 2019 photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arrives for President Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Carolyn Kaster | AP

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A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar's office in Washington D.C. last month.

Authorities did not say when Carlineo was arrested.

Omar is one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress.

The FBI said in a criminal complaint Carlineo called her a "terrorist" and threatened to shoot her.

The bureau said that Carlineo sounded angry during the call but "spelled his name correctly and provided contact information" to a staffer.

Carlineo told the FBI that he is a patriot, "loves the president and that he hates radical Muslims in our government," the criminal complaint says.

Carlineo's defense attorney declined to comment on the charges Friday.

Omar was met with backlash for remarks she made earlier this year on Israel, including comments that American supporters of Israel are pushing people to have "allegiance to a foreign country."

Some people perceived Omar's comments were anti-Semitic. She later apologized, saying "anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes."

Omar, a Somali-American, has also been the target of anti-Islamic and racist comments. In February, federal authorities confirmed they were looking into threatening graffiti targeting Omar; the message was scrawled onto a bathroom stall at a Twin Cities gas station.