The proper statute

Rolling Stone, ABC, NBC and CNN were wrong. The Times and The Guardian got it right. It's 18 U.S.C. § 241 and not 18 U.S.C. § 242. That means no only did they get the statute wrong, but the entire phrase "under color of law" is one of the main differences between 242 and 241.

As I stated in my last post, 242 is usually used in police brutality cases like the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

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Again, keep in mind that the list of three statutes in the target letter is not an exhaustive list, and there may be more charges.

  Mueller, She Wrote

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.