18 U.S.C. § 879 - Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons

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18 USC 879 - Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon
(1) a former President or a member of the immediate family of a former President;
(2) a member of the immediate family of the President, the President-elect, the Vice President, or the Vice President-elect;
(3) a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate; or

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(4) a person protected by the Secret Service under section 3056 (a)(6);

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(b) As used in this section
(1) the term immediate family means
(A) with respect to subsection (a)(1) of this section, the wife of a former President during his lifetime, the widow of a former President until her death or remarriage, and minor children of a former President until they reach sixteen years of age; and
(B) with respect to subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, a person to whom the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, or major candidate for the office of President or Vice President
(i) is related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or
(ii) stands in loco parentis;
(2) the term major candidate for the office of President or Vice President means a candidate referred to in subsection (a)(7) of section 3056 of this title; and
(3) the terms President-elect and Vice President-elect have the meanings given those terms in section 871 (b) of this title.
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