Massachusetts man charged with cyberstalking conservative podcaster Katie Miller

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The Justice Department charged a military veteran Thursday for allegedly making dozens of disturbing texts and calls to Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster married to White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, and her family.

The man, 41-year-old John Anthony Proia III of Massachusetts, has been charged with one count of cyberstalking. He will make his initial appearance in court Thursday.

Prosecutors allege that Proia used a series of phone calls to reach a “prominent member of the Republican Party” more than 40 times in a two-month period. A source familiar with the case identified the victim as Katie Miller.

Proia allegedly contacted Katie Miller at all hours, sending messages that were at times graphic and threatening.

He also allegedly contacted her parents, saying in one message: “My God, how can you be proud of this filth?”

In another, Proia allegedly said: “Hey (first name of Victim 1’s father), how goes it? Hope your daughter marrying a Jewish Nazi/white supremacist is working out for you and (first name of Victim 1’s mother). Did you raise her to be trash or did that just happen naturally?”

The charges followed an investigation that faced resistance within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, CNN reported . An FBI counterterrorism team in Washington initially determined that the matter did not warrant an further investigation, sources said. The investigation continued, however, and two senior agents were removed from their positions.

Investigators in Boston had also expressed reservations about pursuing the case.

Court documents accuse Proia of encouraging others online to place similar calls to government officials. In one post cited by prosecutors, he wrote that a online directory account “allows great latitude in finding phone numbers and addresses so you can wake folks up late at night and tell them how you feel.”

“For lawful purposes, this is educational,” he added, according to the documents.

In another post, Proia allegedly wrote that the wife of an unnamed cabinet official “really doesn’t like it when you prank call and tell her that he does a lot of cocaine.”

In a post on X after the charge was announced, Katie Miller thanked Attorney General Todd Blanche, Massachusetts US Attorney Leah Foley, and the FBI’s Washington Field Office.

CNN has reached out to Proia’s attorney for comment.

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美国司法部周四指控一名退伍军人涉嫌向保守派播客主持人凯蒂·米勒（白宫高级顾问斯蒂芬·米勒的妻子）及其家人发送数十条令人不安的短信和拨打电话。

这名男子名叫约翰·安东尼·普罗亚三世，现年41岁，来自马萨诸塞州，他被控一项网络跟踪罪。他将于周四首次出庭。

检方指控普罗亚在两个月内拨打电话超过40次，试图联系一位“共和党知名人士”。一位知情人士透露，受害者是凯蒂·米勒。

据称，普罗亚在任何时间都联系凯蒂·米勒，发送的信息有时内容露骨且带有威胁性。

据称他还联系了她的父母，其中一条信息写道：“我的天哪，你们怎么能为这种肮脏的东西感到骄傲呢？”

在另一段文字中，普罗亚据称说道：“嘿，（受害者1的父亲的名字），你好吗？希望你女儿嫁给一个犹太纳粹/白人至上主义者对你和（受害者1的母亲的名字）来说一切顺利。是你把她培养成这样的人渣，还是她自然而然就变成这样的？”

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，这些指控源于一项在联邦调查局内部遭遇阻力的调查。消息人士称，华盛顿的一个联邦调查局反恐小组最初认定此事无需进一步调查。然而，调查仍在继续，两名高级特工被撤职。

波士顿的调查人员也曾对继续调查此案表示保留意见。

法庭文件指控普罗亚在网上怂恿他人向政府官员拨打类似电话。检方引用的一篇帖子中，他写道，在线电话号码簿账户“可以让你非常方便地找到电话号码和地址，这样你就可以在深夜把人吵醒，告诉他们你的感受。”

根据文件显示，他还补充说：“从法律角度讲，这是教育目的。”

据称，普罗亚在另一篇帖子中写道，一位未透露姓名的内阁官员的妻子“非常不喜欢你打恶作剧电话告诉她他吸食了很多可卡因”。

在指控公布后，凯蒂·米勒在 X 上发帖感谢了司法部长托德·布兰奇、马萨诸塞州联邦检察官莉亚·福利和联邦调查局华盛顿外勤办事处。

CNN已联系普罗亚的律师寻求置评。