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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Threats

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit ruled the dismissal of an indictment against Howard Weiss improper, saying a reasonable jury could find his Oct. 2, 2018, message to Senator Mitch McConnell was a “true threat and not entitled to First Amendment protection.”

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