Originally Posted by
cestmoi123
Could certainly pursue it under the "intimidates" criterion.
"As per the section whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated as an officer or employee of the U.S. while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties;"
But the point is that there was no prosecution -- let alone conviction -- for such, and yet the outcome is what it is for the passenger.