'Donald J Trump must perish': Man vowed to kill president 'with his bare hands' in the 'greatest presidential assassination ever'

A 32-year-old antheral successful Florida volition beryllium going to situation for threatening to termination Donald Trump successful a missive stating that helium planned to transportation retired the "greatest" and "most daring Presidential assassination" successful history, adding that Trump "must perish."

U.S. District Judge Sheri P. Chappell connected Monday ordered Christopher M. Davies to service 27 months successful a national correctional installation aft helium pleaded blameworthy successful October 2025 to 1 number of making threats against the president of the United States, the Justice Department announced.

Davies was antecedently convicted of felony robbery and is presently serving a authorities condemnation astatine the Charlotte Correctional Institute successful Punta Gorda, Florida, which is astir 150 miles northwest of Miami. He is scheduled to beryllium released from the authorities installation successful June 2032, astatine which constituent helium volition statesman serving his national sentence.

According to tribunal documents, connected March 11, 2025, a elder clerk astatine the situation was reviewing inmate message erstwhile helium opened an inmate petition missive penned by Davies containing a bid of alarming statements. It work arsenic follows:

To whom it whitethorn concern: I person connections with Islamic Terror Cells that are straight affiliated with Isis. I person contacted different members and followers via a cellular instrumentality connected this compound, and I person orchestrated the astir daring Presidential assassination that this state has ever seen. P.O.T.U.S. Donald J Trump indispensable perish, this federation indispensable beryllium brought low, and the pillars of "Democracy" indispensable crumble. I volition personally beryllium liable for the top Presidential assassination ever, I volition spell down successful history. All you person to bash is watch.

Later that day, Davies wrote a 2nd connection successful which helium confirmed that his connection astir assassinating Trump was "true and factual," adding, "all you person to bash is hold and spot what unfolds."

The accusation was soon forwarded to the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) for further investigation.

USSS agents connected April 16, 2025, met with Davies successful an interrogation country astatine the situation and, aft being advised astir his rights, Davies agreed to talk with them. When questioned astir his written statements, helium stated that helium remembered what helium had written and reiterated that helium was liable for penning it, helium understood what the words meant, and that they should beryllium considered "as a existent threat."

"When asked wherefore helium wrote it, the suspect stated that 'you would person to watch,'" prosecutors wrote successful tribunal documents. "The Special Agents past asked the suspect what helium would bash if President Trump was sitting adjacent him, and the suspect claimed that helium would effort to termination the President with his bare hands."