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The Justice Department has announced the arrest of an Alaska man who threatened to kill six Supreme Court justices. The announcement does not identify which justices the threats were made against, but there are six conservatives justices on the Supreme Court.
This comes after Democrats and and liberal media have repeatedly raged against the conservative justices on the Supreme Court over the past several years, since former President Donald Trump appointed three conservatives justices to the court when he was in office.
Both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have pushed the narrative that the Supreme Court should be “reformed,” and Harris has even voiced support for term limits, and even expanding the size of the court, in an effort to make the court more liberal.
Now a man, who is reportedly a Democrat donor, has been arrested over threats to kill six justices. According to FEC reports, the man has made 82 donations to ActBlue, a Democrat fundraising organization.
Below is a press release from the Justice Department:
An Alaska man was arrested yesterday in Anchorage for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members.
According to court documents, between March 10, 2023, and July 16, Panos Anastasiou, 76, sent over 465 messages to the Supreme Court through a public website the court maintained.
“We allege that the defendant made repeated, heinous threats to murder and torture Supreme Court Justices and their families to retaliate against them for decisions he disagreed with,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Our justice system depends on the ability of judges to make their decisions based on the law, and not on fear. Our democracy depends on the ability of public officials to do their jobs without fearing for their lives or the safety of their families.”
Beginning on Jan. 4, Anastasiou’s messages allegedly escalated to messages intending to threaten harm toward the victims. The messages contained violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric coupled with threats of assassination by torture, hanging, and firearms.
Anastasiou is charged by indictment with nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce. The defendant made his initial court appearance yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kyle F. Reardon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.
If convicted, Anastasiou faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each count of making threats against a federal judge and a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each count of making threats in interstate commerce. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Attorney General Garland and U.S. Attorney S. Lane Tucker for the District of Alaska made the announcement.
The Supreme Court of the United States Police, Protective Intelligence Unit is investigating the case, with significant support from the U.S. Marshals Service and FBI Anchorage Field Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Will Taylor for the District of Alaska is prosecuting the case.
A federal grand jury in #Alaska returned an indictment today charging an Anchorage man with threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members. https://t.co/tZnTznvQUp pic.twitter.com/LHW7RXe8F5
— U.S. Attorney Alaska (@USAO_AK) September 19, 2024
Political strategist Greg Price announced: “BREAKING: The DOJ has indicted an Alaska man named Panos Anastasiou for making over 400 violent threats against “six Supreme Court justices.” The indictment does not say which six justices he threatened but according to FEC records, he made 82 donations to ActBlue the most recent of which was July 25.”
BREAKING: The DOJ has indicted an Alaska man named Panos Anastasiou for making over 400 violent threats against “six Supreme Court justices”
The indictment does not say which six justices he threatened but according to FEC records, he made 82 donations to ActBlue the most recent… pic.twitter.com/TgsClm2AdN
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 19, 2024
Ashley Hayek also pointed out that Anastasiou “made 82 donations to ActBlue so while the DOJ hasn’t released which 6 judges were threatened, you can easily connect the dots.”
BREAKING: The DOJ has indicted Panos Anastasiou, an Alaska man, for threatening to torture and kill 6 Supreme Court Justices and their families.
He allegedly sent over 465 messages to the court and now faces 9 counts of threatening a federal judge and 13 counts of interstate… pic.twitter.com/SrvplnEi7J
— Ashley Hayek (@ashleyhayek) September 19, 2024
Per FEC records, Panos Anastasiou, the Alaska man who threatened the six unidentified Supreme Court justices, made a number of small contributions via ActBlue to an assortment of Democratic candidates and committees.https://t.co/xYnWCPsvh7 https://t.co/wMzCHHpvIs pic.twitter.com/xpdmNk2D0d
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) September 19, 2024
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