Alaska man charged with threatening to kill six Supreme Court justices

9/20/24

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from The Washington Post,
9/19/24:

An Alaska man was arrested after allegedly threatening to torture and assassinate six Supreme Court justices and their relatives, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Panos Anastasiou, 76, allegedly sent more than 465 messages through the Supreme Court’s public website — many of them violent, racist and homophobic, according to an indictment.

He pleaded not guilty to the 22 charges he faces: nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce.

The indictment does not accuse Anastasiou of attempting to carry out the threats. Nor does it name which of the nine Supreme Court justices were threatened. The court has a 6-3 split between conservatives and liberals.

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