'Kill the president in cold blood': Man vows to wipe Trump out with explosives, pledges to 'blow the White House up' with a 1-week deadline, feds report

A Florida antheral allegedly sent threatening messages to "whitehouse.gov," saying helium would termination President Donald Trump "in acold blood" and "blow the achromatic location up" wrong a week of sending them, national prosecutors say.

The U.S. Justice Department says Ryan Brown, 27, of Crescent City, has been indicted by a grand jury and taken into custody connected 2 counts of threatening to termination the president of the United States. Brown allegedly sent his threats successful messages to "whitehouse.gov," according to the DOJ.

"Guess what Donald Trump/America, I volition stroke the achromatic location up successful astir 1 week from today," Brown vowed connected April 16, according to his national indictment.

Prosecutors accidental Brown "did knowingly and willfully marque a menace to instrumentality the beingness of and inflict bodily harm upon the president of the United States" successful astatine slightest 2 messages, with the different coming connected May 25.

"The suspect transmitted an online connection to 'whitehouse.gov,' stating, successful part, that helium would termination the president successful acold blood," according to the indictment.

Prosecutors allege that Brown made the comments "with the intent to pass a existent menace of unit and with recklessness arsenic to whether the connection would beryllium viewed arsenic a existent menace of violence."

The U.S. Secret Service investigated Brown's statements. He is being prosecuted successful the Middle District of Florida.

If convicted, Brown would look up to 5 years successful national situation for each number of threatening to termination the president. His adjacent tribunal day is July 14, and helium is scheduled to spell connected proceedings successful aboriginal August.

Federal prosecutors moved for Brown's merchandise connected bond, taxable to the presumption of a suitable third-party custodian. Brown's lawyer was granted a continuance to let further clip to place and contiguous a suitable custodian. A reappraisal proceeding was acceptable for Monday, but Brown was incapable to nutrient a custodian, truthful helium waived the hearing.

Brown was arraigned and ordered to stay successful the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He has pleaded not guilty.