This is really scary that the Govt did more than investigate, they call a grand jury. If you can not call, email or write your representative or any public official with criticism inclusive of foul language, then this country is already gone.
So what if this guy has a criminal record. He did his time. If he threatened Bunning then that is a whole other matter, but if it is someone just venting at the idiocy that is Gov’t in general, then we are all in deep shit then...
He better hope that he gets a few conservatives and libertarians on the Grand Jury, because the Liberals will want to shut him up and will most likely indict.
“Doing your time...” is not enough, any more. No one is EVER forgiven. With modern record keeping and access, you are branded for the rest of your life, more effectively than if the local bailiff had seared an “F” into your forehead.
But if he overtly threatened Bunning and/or his staff, then he would have been taken in at once, it would not have required a grand jury.