18 U.S.C. § 878 : US Code - Section 878: Threats and extortion against foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons

Search 18 U.S.C. § 878 : US Code - Section 878: Threats and extortion against foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to violate section
112, 1116, or 1201 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than five years, or both, except that imprisonment for a
threatened assault shall not exceed three years.
(b) Whoever in connection with any violation of subsection (a) or
actual violation of section 112, 1116, or 1201 makes any
extortionate demand shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than twenty years, or both.
(c) For the purpose of this section "foreign official",
"internationally protected person", "national of the United
States", and "official guest" shall have the same meanings as those
provided in section 1116(a) of this title.
(d) If the victim of an offense under subsection (a) is an
internationally protected person outside the United States, the
United States may exercise jurisdiction over the offense if (1) the
victim is a representative, officer, employee, or agent of the
United States, (2) an offender is a national of the United States,
or (3) an offender is afterwards found in the United States. As
used in this subsection, the United States includes all areas under
the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places
within the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this title and section
46501(2) of title 49.