NH DOJ confirms awareness, declines further comment
Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
“We can confirm that the New Hampshire Department of Justice is aware of the social media posts. We would not be in a position to comment further at this time.”
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Reports the post and collects same-week reactions from the state Attorney General's office, the Governor, and Democratic party and legislative leaders.
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The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's account had posted on September 22 that it openly supports the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire's Governor and Democratic officials separately issued their own statements condemning the post.
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Case context: Was the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's 'assassination' post a threat of political violence?
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Relative to the fixed reference point, the Attorney General's office confirmed awareness of the post but expressly declined to characterize it further, which is an explicit decline rather than silence.
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