An Alaska man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening six U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Panos Anastasio, 76, was arrested Wednesday on nine counts of threatening a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce.
“Beginning on or about January 4, 2024, Anastasio began sending messages threatening harm to Supreme Court justices. [and their family members]The indictment filed by the Department of Justice states:
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United States Supreme Court (front row, from left) Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Elena Kagan, (back row, from left) Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for their official portrait in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
It further said: “The messages contained violent, racist and homophobic rhetoric coupled with threats of torture, hanging and assassination with firearms, and encouraged others to take part in violent acts.”
An Alaska man allegedly “threatened to hang” a Supreme Court justice, suggesting he would “provide a rope.” [them] “From an oak tree,” according to court documents.
Other specific threats against the judges included claims that he would send “comrade veterans” to shoot up their homes and “kill them if he could,” confront them directly and “put a bullet in their heads,” and outline plans to kidnap them.
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Anastasiou also made specific threats to drown, strangle, “lynch” and behead various senior judges.
The Department of Justice alleges the suspected threats continued for more than a year, until July 16th of this year.
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He is accused of sending more than 465 similar messages through a contact form on the Supreme Court's public website.
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Anastasio appeared Wednesday before Magistrate Judge Kyle Reardon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.
Threatening a federal judge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Threatening interstate commerce is punishable by up to five years in prison.
