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In August, NCITE, located at the University of Nebraska, released a report on threats against public officials based on cases it identified through press releases from US Attorney offices and news ...
In the United States, threatening government officials is a felony under federal law. Threatening the president of the United States is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 871, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment, that is investigated by the United States Secret Service. [1] Threatening other officials is a Class D or C felony, usually carrying ...
Public officials have reported receiving bomb threats and letters with suspicious substances, being confronted with guns, having their homes shot at, and seeing their addresses and photos of their ...
New data suggests threats against public officials are on the rise, and experts say they’re concerned the trends will only continue to worsen. With 2024 rapidly nearing — where an already ...
Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66 (2023), is a case of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the line between true threats of violence punishable as crimes and free speech protected by the First Amendment. The states and lower courts were divided over how to define the line. By a 7-2 majority, the court decided that statements are ...
A Las Vegas man has been charged with threatening to injure and kill government officials in three states and the District of Columbia, including the New York judge and prosecutor who handled ...
Threatening the government officials of the United States, particularly law enforcement officers, can in some cases fall under this statute. It has been argued that the fundamental aim of this law was not to protect individual governmental officers, but to guard against the victimization of "government and its functions."
“The FBI takes seriously all threats of violence against public officials and will continue to pursue threats and acts of violence aimed at election workers,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said.