'I won't miss': Man who vowed to assassinate Trump using photo of previous attempt on president's life pleads guilty

A 52-year-old antheral successful Texas is facing respective years down bars aft admitting that helium threatened to termination Donald Trump successful a societal media station that alluded to a erstwhile effort connected the president's beingness and was accompanied by the caption, "I won't miss."

Robert Herrera connected Wednesday appeared earlier U.S. District Judge Elizabeth S. Chestney of the Western District of Texas wherever helium formally pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of making threats against the President of the United States, the Department of Justice announced.

A day for Herrera's sentencing proceeding has not been announced, but erstwhile helium appears successful tribunal again, he'll look up to 5 years successful a national situation and a good of up to $250,000.

As Law&Crime previously reported, San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT connected July 10 posted an article connected its Facebook leafage pertaining to Trump's planned sojourn to Texas Hill Country pursuing the summer's deadly floods.

In effect to the quality outlet's post, Herrera posted a remark connected July 10 threatening to termination the president. Herrera's station included a photograph depicting Trump surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents instantly aft Thomas M. Crooks attempted to assassinate him during a July 13, 2024, run rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania. Using a sniper rifle, Crooks changeable astatine Trump during the rally, partially striking the president's receptor but yet leaving him unharmed.

Herrera, utilizing the grip "Robert Herrer," included a remark with the photograph from Butler that read: "I won't miss."

In the transgression complaint, which was not publically disposable arsenic of Monday morning, prosecutors accidental that a 2nd chartless Facebook idiosyncratic replied to Herrera's station stating, "you won't get the chance, I promise."

Herrera responded to that chartless user's comment, writing, "I'll conscionable travel for you." The effect included a photograph depicting an battle firearm and loaded magazines, according to the Justice Department.

Authorities located and arrested Herrera the aforesaid time the threats were posted online. The U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and San Antonio Police Department are investigating the lawsuit with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

"While the FBI afloat supports and defends each American's close to escaped speech, it is important to recognize that threatening unit against immoderate idiosyncratic is not constitutionally protected speech, it is simply a national crime," Special Agent successful Charge Aaron Tapp of the FBI's San Antonio Field Office said successful a connection instantly pursuing Herrera's arrest.