WATERLOO — An Iowa man has admitted that he threatened to find someone to assassinate U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York.

During a hearing Friday in federal court, Kenneth Dean Brown, 56, of Waterloo pleaded guilty to transmitting a threatening communication.

Brown admitted that on Dec. 18, 2019, he called Nadler’s office in Washington D.C. and told a staff assistant “I will find someone to assassinate that piece of (expletive deleted) you work for. Jerry Nadler is going to be assassinated.”

Nadler has been in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1992.

Brown remains in custody of U.S. Marshals until his sentencing, which has not been scheduled. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.