The indictment does not specify which justices were targeted, but Attorney General Merrick Garland said he made the graphic threats as retaliation for decisions he disagreed with.
FILE – The Department of Justice seals is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. Panos Anastasiou, 76, is accused of sending more than 465 messages through a public court website, including graphic threats of assassination and torture coupled with racist and homophobic rhetoric.“Our democracy depends on the ability of public officials to do their jobs without fearing for their lives or the safety of their families,” he said.
Prosecutors said in an indictment filed Wednesday that the messages were sent between March 2023 and mid-July 2024. Anastasiou has been charged with 22 counts, including nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce. Anastasiou was arrested Wednesday in Anchorage. Defense attorney Jane Imholte, declined to comment and publicly listed phone numbers for Anastasiou were disconnected.
He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count of making threats against a federal judge and up to five years for each count of making threats in interstate commerce if convicted.in recent years amid a surge of similar violent messages directed at public officials around the country, the U.S. Marshals Service previously said.
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