Combustible year promises stress test for US election threats taskforce

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : It's not just legal constraints that affect the number and speed of prosecutions, there are other technical hurdles that the taskforce has to negotiate.
31% : Its mission: to protect election officials from the intimidation let loose by Trump, by coming down hard on perpetrators.
26% : With Trump back on the ballot, and with swing states such as Arizona continuing to be roiled by election denial, the federal unit is at the frontlines of what promises to be a combustible election year.
22% : Its job is to respond to a phenomenon that had barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie - but amid thousands of threats against officials, why so few prosecutions? Shortly before midnight on 14 February 2021, James Clark tapped out a message on his home computer in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, that would change his own life and shatter the peace of mind of several others.
22% : Its job was to respond to a phenomenon that had barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie - violent and abusive messages, including death threats, specifically targeting election officials and their families.

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