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Alaska man charged with threatening to assassinate 6 Supreme Court justices
CBS ^ | September 19, 2024 / 11:37 AM EDT / CBS News | By Melissa Quinn

Posted on 09/19/2024 9:01:50 AM PDT by DCBryan1

Politics Alaska man charged with threatening to assassinate 6 Supreme Court justices By Melissa Quinn

September 19, 2024 / 11:37 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — An Alaska man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to assassinate six members of the Supreme Court and harm two family members, the Justice Department said.

Panos Anastasiou, 76, is accused of sending more than 465 messages to the Supreme Court through an online portal, which included violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric, according to court filings. Anastasiou allegedly threatened to assassinate, kidnap, torture, hang, behead and execute the justices, and encouraged other people to join him in committing acts of violence, the Justice Department said.

He faces nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce. Anastasiou appeared before a federal magistrate judge Wednesday and pleaded not guilty.

"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 Garland, a former federal appeals court judge, said in a statement. "Our justice system depends on the ability of judges to make their decisions based on the law, and not on fear. Our democracy depends on the ability of public officials to do their jobs without fearing for their lives or the safety of their families."

The Supreme Court declined to comment on the charges. An attorney for Anastasiou was not listed in court records.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alaska; anastasiou; cbs; demviolence; melissaquinn; panosanastasiou; scotus; seebs; supremecourt; terrorism; threats; ussc
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To: DCBryan1

He won’t be charged with any crimes against women because the Supreme Court can’t determine what a woman is, despite laws on the books specifically for women.


21 posted on 09/19/2024 9:48:37 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: libh8er

Well, let’s see….

1. Unionized (not just trade unions but Federal, State, Borough and City employees)

2. Commercial fisherman (WTH but a lot of them are libs)

3. Natives who appreciate free money.

Next question?


22 posted on 09/19/2024 9:48:55 AM PDT by gettinolder
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To: DCBryan1

Six? Would anyone want to hazard as a guess as to which six he had in mind?


23 posted on 09/19/2024 9:59:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: piasa

Well, there’s a lot of that going around...


24 posted on 09/19/2024 10:02:12 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630
“ why would he be sending ‘racist and homophobic rhetoric’?”

Thomas is black and I bet he called Roberts a f*g.

25 posted on 09/19/2024 10:14:54 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: DCBryan1

Panos Anastasiou, 76

Heinous.

Heinous.

Quick, somebody send Mariska to thump his ass.


26 posted on 09/19/2024 10:16:12 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (אני עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: DCBryan1

465?!?!?!?

My confidence in the protections afforded our Supreme Court Justices is just SOARING, right now.

Four-fekkin-HUNDRED and sixty-five??

Why wasn’t Law Enforcement off their lard asses at sixty-five?

Or six?

FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!

Judas Priest! If I ever get into any kind of Public Office, remind me to carry concealed, locked, and loaded at all times, ‘cuz these fekkin glowies for SURE won’t have my back; unless they’re aiming at it.


27 posted on 09/19/2024 10:18:07 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: libh8er

I’d say from all three states.


28 posted on 09/19/2024 10:20:44 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: circlecity

But liberals are supposed to be cool with all that...


29 posted on 09/19/2024 10:21:52 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630
"Doesn’t make sense. If he was a liberal targeting the conservatives, why would he be sending ‘racist and homophobic rhetoric’?"

Clarence Thomas is black, and the left typically accuses conservatives of being closet homosexuals. Funny how they justify their own "homophobia."
30 posted on 09/19/2024 10:25:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Well, if that’s the case, it’s just more of their illogic.

I can’t keep up with their nutsy notions.


31 posted on 09/19/2024 10:28:08 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: libh8er

Ranked Choice Voting ain’t helping


32 posted on 09/19/2024 10:40:14 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Execute Order 66....)
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To: DCBryan1

Lets guess what third world hell this foreign invader is From ?

Nightmare .

Thanks


33 posted on 09/19/2024 10:42:36 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: SeekAndFind

They are all political Ideologues without 1 ounce of objectivity

They just happen to have Vaginas


34 posted on 09/19/2024 10:50:58 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (What does the Deep State have on Dims and RINOs? Demand release of all tax returns)
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To: ncalburt

The name sounds Greek. Not exactly ‘3rd world hell’.


35 posted on 09/19/2024 10:51:02 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Have you been to Greece ?
Its not first world,


36 posted on 09/19/2024 10:52:38 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: ncalburt

It’s certainly not Somalia, either.


37 posted on 09/19/2024 10:54:07 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DesertRhino
I bet it is the tallest six.
38 posted on 09/19/2024 11:03:09 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I have a relative who just married a Greek American with a very Greek name. There are lots of natural-born Greek Americans of generations standing in the US. Nothing in the article suggests that the guy is an immigrant.

He sounds like just a nasty-minded nut. There are lots of ‘regular’ Americans who are nasty-minded and nuts.


39 posted on 09/19/2024 11:04:44 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DCBryan1

Screwball Marxisr


40 posted on 09/19/2024 11:08:11 AM PDT by ZULU (Remember: ABBEY GATE, Kate Steinle, Joscelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin and Laken Riley. )
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