Robert Phillip Ivers convicted for threatening to kill a federal judge

A jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, has found 73-year-old Robert Phillip Ivers guilty of multiple counts related to threatening the judiciary. The convictions include two counts of mailing threatening communications and one count of threatening to murder a United States District Judge.

Ivers authored a 236-page manifesto titled ‘How to Kill a Federal Judge,’ which prosecutors described as a guide designed to teach extremists how to plan, stalk, and kill judges, politicians, and their families. The manifesto was mailed to a Minneapolis law firm and the University of St. Thomas. Authorities were alerted to the manuscript after Ivers attempted to make copies at a library in Wayzata, where staff reported the contents to law enforcement.

This incident follows a prior 2019 conviction in which Ivers was sentenced to 18 months in prison for plotting to kill U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright. During his recent arrest, Ivers reportedly claimed to have sent copies of his book to all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices.