Finally, the first Epstein charge has come in.
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He is not threatening "the list" which does not exist, he's threatening real people who he THINKS are on a list.
He could threaten Martian Invaders, who clearly do not exist, but if he says "the Martians are at the local Walmart, I'm going to kill them all!" then the threat to innocent bystanders is very real.
Real people are being threatened, not a list of people. The "real list" need not exist, HOW would he know who is on it if it were real? Yet he's still threatening them: the people he thinks may be on it ok?
He didn't say who was on the list though.
He doesn't need to say who, the specific targets will come out through investigation & interrogation. He just has to threaten them as a group. He also did name several people, iirc?
Making global (broad, unspecified) threats of mass murder or serial killings is a problem worthy of investigation, yes? Threatening harm is not covered by the 1st.
But there is no Epstein List, they say.
Right, as I said, but none who were on the Epstein List. That seemed like a true threat to me. But they also cited the 'threat' against the Epstein List.
I'd say yes, but it's not clear to me that this isn't covered when the Supreme Court allowed for specified threats to murder from a man against his ex-wife.
Define "list"? A "Black Book"? A hotel sign-in ledger? A paper listing of blackmail video contents?
There undoubtedly is data regarding who did what & when, we've seen some already! Just what form should that data take to qualify as "a list"? Cellphone use data? Someone tracked some of that already, it's a who's who of Democrats & their supporters. Did people need to present passports when returning from Paedophile Island? There ought to be records of that as well.
So if a man threatens to murder his ex- and her new boyfriend, but there is NO boyfriend at all? He won't get charged? Because "it doesn't exist"? Don't be pedantic. You may have lots of practice at it? But it still looks stupid.