San Francisco man pleads not guilty to making 4 dozen threatening phone calls to Pelosi

Calif. man pleads not guilty to threatening Pelosi

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco man has pleaded not guilty to making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support of health care reform.

Gregory Lee Giusti (JOO-stee) is charged with making at least 48 calls to the San Francisco and Washington, D.C., offices of Pelosi between Feb. 6 and March 25.

Giusti entered his plea Monday in San Francisco before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman. He is being held without bail.

If convicted, Giusti could be sentenced to as many as two years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a year of supervised release.