BOSTON (CBS) – A California man was arrested on Thursday and charged with threatening to shoot Boston Globe employees, calling them the “enemy of the people” for leading a nationwide editorial campaign critical of President Donald Trump. 
 
 Robert Chain, 68, of Encino, Calif., is charged with one count of making threatening communications in interstate commerce. He was released on $50,000 bail after he was arraigned in a Los Angeles federal courtroom Thursday afternoon. He will be transferred to Boston soon. 
 
 “I would like to make one statement. America was saved when Donald J. Trump was elected president,” Chain told reporters on his way out of court. 
 
 Prosecutor Matt Rosenbaum argued for Chain to remain in custody, saying he’s a danger to the community, though adding there’s no evidence Chain was planning to travel to Boston. He says 20 guns were seized during the search of Chain’s home but didn’t indicate whether any of them are believed illegally owned. 
 
 Defense attorney Andre Townsend argued for Chain to be released, saying he has no criminal record and isn’t a flight risk. 
 
 I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018 
 
 Authorities say Chain threatened the Globe in retaliation for its Aug. 16 coordination of a series of editorials condemning President Donald Trump’s suggestion that journalists are “the enemy of the people.” Trump used those words in a tweet Thursday morning, saying “how totally dishonest much of the media is… Enemy of the People!” 
 
 Chain allegedly began making threatening phone calls on Aug. 10 when the editorial campaign was announced. Prosecutors say Chain made 14 phone calls to the Globe from August 10-22. 
 
 The day the editorials went to print, Chain called the Boston Globe newsroom and “threatened to shoot Globe employees in the head ‘later today, at 4 o’clock,’” U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said. Due to the threat, Boston Police provided a presence outside the building to protect newspaper employees. 
 
 During another call on August 22, Chain said, “As long as you keep attacking the President…I will continue to threat, harass and annoy the Boston Globe, owned by the New York Times, the other fake news,” according to the FBI. 
 
 Firearm records show that Chain does own several weapons. 
 
 Chain faces up to five years in jail if convicted. 
 
 “Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but threatening to kill people takes it over the line and will not be tolerated,” said Harold Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division. “Today’s arrest of Robert Chain should serve a warning to others, that making threats is not a prank, it’s a federal crime.” 
 
 Lelling said that in a time of “political polarization,” the public must “police their own political rhetoric.” 
 
 Boston Globe vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships Jane Bowman issued a statement following Chain’s arrest. 
 
 “We are grateful to the FBI, the US Attorney’s Office, the Boston Police, and local authorities in California for the work they did in protecting the Globe while threats were coming in, for investigating the source, and for making this arrest. We couldn’t have asked for a stronger response,” Bowman said. “While it was unsettling for many of our staffers to be threatened in such a way, nobody – really, nobody – let it get in the way of the important work of this institution.” ||||| A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making a series of violent threats to employees at the Boston Globe in retaliation for the newspaper's editorial campaign against political attacks on the news media by President Donald Trump and others, officials said. 
 
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 Robert D. Chain, 68, of Encino, California, was taken into custody on one count making threatening communications in interstate commerce, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice. 
 
 In one threat the newspaper received on Aug. 22, Chain allegedly stated that his threats would continue "as long as you keep attacking the President, the duly elected President of the United States, in the continuation of your treasonous and seditious acts...," according to a nine-page criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. 
 
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 “Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but threatening to kill people takes it over the line and will not be tolerated,” Harold Shaw, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Division, said in a statement. "Today's arrest of Robert Chain should serve a warning to others, that making threats is not a prank, it's a federal crime." 
 
 "All threats are taken seriously, as we never know if the subject behind the threat intends to follow through with their actions." 
 
 Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, reiterated Shaw's warnings in his own statement. 
 
 “In a time of increasing political polarization, and amid the increasing incidence of mass shootings, members of the public must police their own political rhetoric," Lelling said in the statement. "Or we will.” 
 
 In threatening calls to the Globe newsroom, Chain -- according to the federal complaint -- allegedly referred to the newspaper's employees as the "enemy of the people," a phrase President Trump has used at political rallies and tweets, including one posted Thursday morning. 
 
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 I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2018 
 
 Chain allegedly made a total of 14 threatening and expletive-laced phone calls to the Globe newsroom between Aug. 10 and Aug. 22, saying he was going to shoot employees in the head. 
 
 “ ” While it was unsettling for many of our staffers to be threatened in such a way, nobody -- really, nobody -- let it get in the way of the important work of this institution. 
 
 Chain owns several firearms, according to the complaint, including a new 9mm carbine rifle purchased last May. 
 
 In one menacing call made to the newsroom on Aug. 16, Chain said he was going to carry out an attack on the newspaper at 4 p.m., the complaint alleged. 
 
 The threat was reported to the Boston Police Department and as a result, extra patrol officers were stationed outside the Globe's office building. 
 
 "We are grateful to the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Boston Police, and local authorities in California for the work they did in protecting the Globe while threats were coming in, for investigating the source, and for making this arrest. We couldn't have asked for a stronger response," Jane Bowman, a spokeswoman for the Globe, said in a statement Thursday. 
 
 Bowman added: "While it was unsettling for many of our staffers to be threatened in such a way, nobody -- really, nobody -- let it get in the way of the important work of this institution." 
 
 On Aug. 10, Globe officials announced that the newspaper was spearheading an editorial response to political attacks on the media and encouraged other news organizations to participate. More than 400 news organizations around the country participated in the effort. 
 
 "A central pillar of President Trump's politics is a sustained assault on the free press," the Globe stated in an Aug. 15 editorial. "Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather 'the enemy of the people.' This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. We asked editorial boards from around the country – liberal and conservative, large and small – to join us today to address this fundamental threat in their own words." 
 
 Within hours of the federal complaint against Chain being unsealed on Thursday morning, the president repeated his attacks on the media, tweeting, "I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn't matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People!" 
 
 Chain is scheduled to appear in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon.
– A California man is accused of making violent threats against Boston Globe employees because of the newspaper's campaign to get anti-Trump editorials published across the nation. Robert D. Chain, 68, was arrested Thursday on a count making threatening communications in interstate commerce, ABC News reports. Chain allegedly made threatening phone calls to the Globe in which he referred to the paper's employees as the "enemy of the people," echoing President Trump's own words about the media. In 14 phone calls he allegedly made between Aug. 10 and Aug. 22, Chain allegedly threatened to shoot employees in the head and said he had planned an attack on the paper for Aug. 16 at 4pm. In an alleged threat received Aug. 22, Chain, who does own firearms, allegedly said he would continue his campaign against the newspaper "as long as you keep attacking the President, the duly elected President of the United States, in the continuation of your treasonous and seditious acts," according to the criminal complaint. "Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but threatening to kill people takes it over the line and will not be tolerated," an FBI special agent said in a statement. "Today's arrest of Robert Chain should serve a warning to others, that making threats is not a prank, it's a federal crime." Chain was expected in court in LA Thursday but will be transferred to Boston in the future, CBS Boston reports.