Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A man from Alaska has been arrested for allegedly threatening six US Supreme Court justices and two of their family members. The US Justice Department said Panos Anastasiou, 76, sent hundreds of messages including threats to hang and shoot justices. He was charged with 22 counts of making threats and appeared in court in Anchorage on Wednesday. The public defender representing Mr Anastasiou declined to comment on Thursday. According to a criminal complaint, the messages ‘contained violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric coupled with threats of assassination via torture, hanging, and firearms, and encouraged others to participate in the acts of violence’. The indictment did not name which six of nine Supreme Court justices the threats were directed towards, nor did it name the two family members targeted. The court is split 6-3 between conservative and liberal justices.” (09/19/24)