The intent of the law was to protect the US against fraud and deceit. There is some vagueness about "commit any offense against the United States", but most of the case law seems to focus on the fraud and deceit part. These charges are likely not going to stick.

However that was not the goal. The goal was to instill fear into the American people to prevent them from protesting.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, no - thanks for the response. From my other reply (which honestly was a little sarcastic, but hey, it was a response to someone rhetorically calling me "illiterate"), I think it's clear we agree these charges are not serious charges, but rather the use of the law to obtain political ends.

So lawfare is the right term.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 points 23 hours ago

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