That includes a lot of elite liberal Hollywood types who were calling on people to assassinate Bush II. "According to Ronald Kessler, President
George W. Bush received about 3,000 threats a yea." "According to the book
Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures, "Hundreds of celebrity howlers threaten the president of the United States every year, sometimes because they disagree with his policies, but more often just because he is the president." "The statute prohibiting threats against the president was enacted by Congress in 1917. The maximum fine it allowed was $1,000. The law was amended in 1994 to increase the maximum fine to $250,000."
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