NEW: Federal prosecutors say this tweet, threatening Virginia senatorial candidate @QasimRashid with lynching because of his Muslim faith, crossed the line into five-year-felony territory.

NEW: Federal prosecutors say this tweet, threatening Virginia senatorial candidate @QasimRashid with lynching because of his Muslim faith, crossed the line into five-year-felony territory. https://t.co/cGQ2qZ8ckV https://t.co/70rP6eKemy

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