Man pleads not guilty to threatening Rep. Maxine Waters

LOS ANGELES — A 60-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to making a series of phone calls to the Hawthorne office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and threatening her with violence and death.
Brian Gaherty of Houston faces four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
A trial was scheduled for July 25 before U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, but that date is ex