He only threatened legal action. Besides, prosecutable threats of actual harm or extortionate threats generally require that it be something that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear that the bad thing would really happen. I don’t think anyone could possibly think Cohen was actually dangerous, except maybe to himself.
And we will sue everyone you know!
Actually that sounds remarkably like the basis for the prosecutions of the protestors at the inauguration.
He only threatened legal action. Besides, prosecutable threats of actual harm or extortionate threats generally require that it be something that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear that the bad thing would really happen. I don’t think anyone could possibly think Cohen was actually dangerous, except maybe to himself.