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byLy4 ( 2353328 ) writes:
Trump's DOJ is sending letters to members of congress who called Musk a 'dick':
https://bsky.app/profile/rober... [bsky.app]
byfatwilbur ( 1098563 ) writes:
Umm, the letter states it's because the person was talking about the need to bring "actual weapons" to this fight. If that isn't a threat that should be at least followed up on, what is?
byLy4 ( 2353328 ) writes:
Following up would have been watching the video, realizing the statement was not even close to meeting the threshold laid out in Counterman v. Colorado [wikipedia.org], and moving on. It's almost unheard of for US Attorneys to send letters like this; if this were a real case, his statements would have made it almost impossible to prosecute. Apparently he sent a copy of this letter to WaPo but did not send one to the congressman:
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
Ed Martin is rather famously a hack - already at least six prosecutors have resigned rather than follow his order to lie to the court about why they were dismissing the charges against Eric Adams.
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