Pena shot at the homes of Democratic officials in New Mexico and hired others to do so as well. He's a 2020 election denier and a fierce follower of former President Donald Trump. He denied his own loss in a state legislative seat and said he was looking at his options.
University of Michigan Law School Professor Barbara McQuade warned that the charges are "very serious."
"Firing shots into someone's home is a level of recklessness that risks death, whether they intended to hit anybody and kill them or simply to intimidate someone or send a message or punish someone for not rewarding them the way they wanted to be," said McQuade.