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FBI arrests man who allegedly triggered reporter’s seizure

A man has been arrested for allegedly sending a flashing strobe-light image that caused a Newsweek writer to have a seizure.

Kurt Eichenwald, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, said he received the flashing tweet in December after a heated appearance on Fox News with Tucker Carlson. He vowed to pursue charges against the user just before a Dallas County judge issued an order allowing Eichenwald’s attorney to issue subpoenas to Twitter to reveal the user’s identity, Newsweek reported.

Eichenwald, whose form of epilepsy can be triggered by flashing, strobe-like lights, announced on Twitter on Friday that the man who allegedly sent the tweet had been arrested after a three-month investigation.

Eichenwald claims more than 40 people sent “strobes” once they learned they could cause him to have a seizure.





“Details of their cases are with the FBI,” Eichenwald tweeted. “Stop sending them.”

Lauren Hagee, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Dallas field office, confirmed the arrest, but declined to elaborate. The Justice Department later released details about the case.





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