Ade Salim Lilly, a 35-year-old man from Queens, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of threatening to kill a congressional staff member and calling members of Congress more than 12,000 times in just over a 21-month period.

He faces fines of up to $500,000 and a maximum seven-year prison sentence.

In one call, Lilly told a congressional staffer something to the effect of “I will kill you, I am going to run you over, I will kill you with a bomb or grenade.” Lilly “would become angry and use vulgar and harassing language towards the individual who answered the phone” in some phone calls.

“Based upon his harassing communication, Defendant Lilly was repeatedly asked by Congressional staff members to refrain from calling,” his agreed-upon statement of offense reads. “In addition, police officers of the United States Capitol Police informed Defendant Lilly on multiple occasions that his phone calls were unwanted, and due to a harassing nature, were prohibited by law.”

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The plea says, “The government has uncovered no evidence that the defendant actually planned to carry out the threats.” Lilly made calls to 54 different members of Congress’s offices and 6,526 calls to offices located in the District of Columbia. He once called one office over 500 times in a two-day period.

Lilly attempted to use *67 to mask his phone number but was arrested on Nov. 8, 2023. His sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 28.