Romanian national learns fate for swatting US officials, including members of Congress, judges

A Romanian national who admitted to participating in a series of swatting calls and bomb threats targeting U.S. government officials — including members of Congress, Cabinet-level officials, federal judges and heads of federal law enforcement agencies — was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to impose a five-year sentence for Thomasz Szabo, 27, who pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy and threat charges.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson presided over the case in Washington...