An Alaska man is accused of threatening to hurt and kill six justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to court documents.
Panos Anastasiou allegedly sent over 465 messages from March 3023 to July 16 to six of the nine justices through a website that the court maintained, according to the indictment.
"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,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated in a news release. "Our justice system depends on the ability of judges to make their decisions based on the law, and not on fear.
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