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President Donald Trump gestures arsenic helium speaks during an Iftar meal successful the State Dining Room astatine the White House successful Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2025 (Pool via AP).
A 32-year-old antheral successful Pennsylvania is accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump and different national authorities officials, including billionaire Elon Musk and agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A expansive assemblage successful Butler County connected Thursday returned existent bills indicting Shawn Monper connected 4 counts of making threats against national officials and national instrumentality enforcement officers, the Justice Department announced.
According to the indictment, filed successful the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the FBI National Threat Operations Section connected April 8, 2025, was notified astir threats posted to YouTube by a idiosyncratic named “Mr Satan.” The user, who authorities aboriginal identified arsenic Monper, allegedly made aggregate threats against national officials betwixt Jan. 15 and April 5, 2025.
Authorities said that 5 days aft Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration, Monper applied for a concealed transportation permit, which helium obtained connected Jan. 28.
The threats began soon thereafter, according to tribunal documents.
On Feb. 10, investigators said that Monper, nether the sanction Dr Satan, commented connected a YouTube video, writing, “If Trump isn’t removed immediately, we volition spot different civilian war.” He followed that connected Feb. 26 by allegedly posting different comment:
Private service successful the america = Terrorist, we request to emergence up and usage the 2nd amendment against these people. I person bought respective guns and been stocking up connected ammo since Trump got successful office. I suggest everyone other does the same.”
In betwixt the posting of the 2 comments, Monper is said to person purchased a 9 mm handgun.
Monper connected March 1 posted to YouTube, “I bought a gun. Ready to termination nazis,” per the indictment. One week later, helium allegedly purchased different handgun, followed by a 3rd connected March 16.
On March 17, Monper allegedly said connected YouTube, “Everyone limb yourselves now. We request to termination them all, its the lone mode nazis spell away.”
Three days later, the suspect allegedly posted the pursuing remark to a YouTube video: “‘The left’ needs to limb themselves. I person been buying 1 weapon a period since the election, assemblage armor, and ammo.”
Other allegations from the indictment include:
On April 1, 2025, the defendant, SHAWN MONPER, posted the pursuing remark to a YouTube video that discussed President Trump, “When are we going to basal up and termination these people?’ On April 5, 2025, the defendant, SHAWN MONPER, posted the pursuing remark to a YouTube video that discussed President Trump, “Thats wherefore Trump needs to die.”
On Feb. 17:
“Nah, we conscionable request to commencement sidesplitting people, Trump, Elon, each the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands successful the way. Remember, we are the majority, MAGA is simply a number of the country, and by the clip its clip to marque the move, they volition beryllium weakened, galore volition beryllium crushed by these policies, and they volition privation revenge too. American Revolution 2.0”
On March 4, successful respect to Trump, Monper allegedly posted:
“I’m gonna assassinate him myself.”
As previously reported, the FBI and the Butler Township Police Department connected April 9, 2025, placed Monper nether arrest. The pursuing day, helium was ordered detained pending a preliminary hearing, which is presently scheduled to instrumentality spot connected the day of April 14.
“I privation to applaud the outstanding and courageous investigative enactment of the FBI and the Butler Township Police Department, who thankfully identified and apprehended this idiosyncratic earlier helium could transportation retired his threats against President Trump’s beingness and the lives of different guiltless Americans,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said successful a connection pursuing Monper’s arrest. “Rest assured that whenever and wherever threats of assassination oregon wide unit occur, this Department of Justice volition find, arrest, and prosecute the fishy to the fullest grade of the instrumentality and question the maximum due punishment.”
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