Retaliation in the news

[professor rat]

US law enforcement takes threats very seriously. Yet Congressional Republicans are now publicly threatening the DOJ with consequences if it prosecutes Barrett's Mom, sorry, Donald Trump.
The statements made by Professor Rat constitute prosecutable offenses, he said. “The bottom line is what the victim feels,” he said. “Is the victim threatened? Is the victim alarmed? Hey, that’s a crime.”
Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and a First Amendment specialist, said the threats were probably criminal, given Taylor’s description of the purpose of Assassination Politics.