• Flying Squid
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      119 months ago

      Ok? And? Why wasn’t he thrown in jail for that? I read the article.

      • @yeather@lemmy.ca
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        179 months ago

        Because that’s not technically illegal until the gag order, which went into effect after the post was made.

            • Flying Squid
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              119 months ago

              The threat wasn’t explicit, but it was certainly implicit. That’s why he posted her personal social media info. He is fully aware he has an army of followers that will take that and run with it. I don’t think that he should be able to get away with that so easily.

              • @yeather@lemmy.ca
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                69 months ago

                Which is why he now has a gag order. The act of posting someone’s ig isn’t illegal, but now it is with the gag order.

                • Flying Squid
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                  39 months ago

                  If I had thousands of followers and I posted your social media info while insulting you, wouldn’t you consider that a threat? I don’t think a gag order, which was very narrow, is much of a punishment.

                  • @yeather@lemmy.ca
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                    89 months ago

                    Legally that is not a threat. Now it is a violation of the gag order, which is illegal. A lawyer could try and argue it is a threat, but that could take much longer, set precedent for future cases, and isn’t as guaranteed as a gag order.

            • @paintbucketholder@lemmy.world
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              29 months ago

              He was also inciting his followers.

              Whether or not it rises to the level of “inciting imminent lawless action” is a different topic, but it’s not like he was merely insulting someone to their face - he was pointing tens of millions of his psycho followers at her.

        • Flying Squid
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          49 months ago

          I expect the judge to do something about it once he found out more than a narrow gag order, but apparently that’s asking too much.

    • @Squid
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      59 months ago

      I saw “Trump” and “attacked” and immediately knew he was spittin words lol