WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man is now a convicted felons after pleading guilty to posting threats on social media to murder a Congresswoman.
According to court documents, Adam Lee Osborn, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate communications with a threat to injure.
In January 2026, Wichita police officers learned Osborn had posted threats on his social media page saying he wanted to murder Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
He wrote, “I’m going to kill Ilhan Omar!”. He also posted a photo of himself holding an AR-15 style rifle in one hand and a 30-round magazine with live ammunition in the other hand. When officers went to Osborn’s residence to question him, he confirmed writing the posts. He said while he had no intention of personally harming anyone, he made the statements to “maybe provoke someone to handle business.” He advised officers that by “handle business” he meant to “take ‘em out”. He stated that by “take ‘em out” he meant “kill them”.
The Wichita Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case.