Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 15, in Washington, DC.
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A Michigan man was arrested Friday and charged with making threats against FBI Director Kash Patel, federal prosecutors announced.

Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, of Chesterfield Township, is accused of writing Facebook messages threatening to kill Patel and an associate earlier in October, according to the office of US Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. of the Eastern District of Michigan. Palazzolo is charged with interstate communications involving threats, court records show.