Reuters reports:
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has been threatened by angry criminals. Drug cartels. Even al Qaeda. But nothing, Lamberth says, prepared him for the wave of harassment after he began hearing cases against supporters of former President Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Right-wing websites painted Lamberth, appointed to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan, as part of a “deep state” conspiracy to destroy Trump and his followers. Calls for his execution cropped up on Trump-friendly websites. “Traitors get ropes,” one wrote.
Read the full article. According to Reuters, there have been nearly 4000 threats against judges and around 27,000 against federal courts and officials in cases related to Trump. Hit the link.
The amount of idiots who will go to jail for the Demented Don is incredible. Nearly 27,000 threatening and harassing communications targeting federal courts from the fall of 2015 through the fall of 2022,https://t.co/n05mmIEa9Q
— El Gato de NC 💙 🇺🇦 🇺🇲 😻 🐕 (@El_Gato_de_NC) February 29, 2024