It remained unclear whether the man, Panos Anastasiou, came close to carrying out his threats, and public records indicate that he is not affiliated with any political party.

Federal authorities arrested an Alaska man on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to torture and assassinate six Supreme Court justices and multiple family members in messages sent through the

In one alleged message, sent May 17, Anastasiou said he wanted to drive by a justice’s house with fellow Vietnam War veterans and spray the property with AR-15 gunfire.