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true threat

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United States Supreme Court

the statute initially requires the Government to prove a true 'threat.' We do not believe that the kind of political hyperbole indulged in by petitioner fits within that statutory term.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705 (1969).