Reporter Kurt Eichenwald is taking a “short break” from Twitter after another user sent him a flashing image that allegedly triggered a seizure.

The Newsweek reporter appeared Thursday night on Fox News, where he engaged in a combative interview with host Tucker Carlson over his social media claims that Donald Trump had been hospitalized for mental illness in 1990.

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Eichenwald claimed Friday afternoon on social media that the Twitter user @jew_goldstein posted a GIF that caused him to have a seizure due to his epilepsy, and he announced he would take a break from posting there while he and his lawyers built a case against the culprit, reported Mediaite.

Last night, for the second time, a deplorable aware I have epilepsy tweeted a strobe at me with the message "you deserve a seizure' on it… — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016

…it worked. This is not going to happen again. My wife is terrified. I am…disgusted. All I will be tweeting for the next few days are… — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2016

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Eichenwald, whose reporting has detailed Trump’s business conflicts with foreign governments, posted dozens of scattered tweets following the TV appearance but later deleted most of them.

He has filed a police report due to the online harassment, and he plans to subpoena Twitter so authorities can file criminal charges.

Twitter has suspended that user’s account.

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Eichenwald also claimed that other Trump supporters posted threats against him and his children, which he says they’ve done in the past.