A 72-year-old man was charged with threatening to assault and kill a federal judge in Minnesota, the Justice Departmentsaid Tuesday, after a summer marked by two high-profile shootings in the state and amid growing concern about threats against judges. Law enforcement responded Wednesday after Robert Phillip Ivers printed copies of a 236-page "manifesto" at a library in Wayzata- a Minneapolis suburb - titled "How to Kill a Federal Judge," according to prosecutors. The document allegedly described killing judges and children and names at least two federal judges.
"As Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on federal judges, their safety and security are increasingly at risk. If judges alter their decisions out of fear for the safety of themselves and their families, then we no longer live under the rule of law," Goldman said.