No. 21-1186

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

v.

CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

[Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Barron, Chief Judge, Lipez and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.

Christine DeMaso, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant. Anna Z. Krasinski, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom John J. Farley, Acting United States Attorney, and John S. Davis, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

April 5, 2023 LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. On the basis of a series of heated online messages, Christopher Cantwell was convicted of extortionate interstate communications under 18 U.S.C. § 875(b) and threatening to injure property or reputation under 18 U.S.C. § 875(d). He appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing that the government improperly relied on