'Trump should be executed!': Man threatened to blow away 'coward' president with 'a lot of f—ing guns' and insisted he was serious about it

An Illinois antheral who threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump astatine slightest 18 times successful social media posts and videos — including a "selfie" clip successful which helium said, "I tin get a batch of f—ing guns and I americium going to instrumentality attraction of business" — has been convicted by a national jury.

Trent Schneider, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, was recovered blameworthy past week of making a existent menace successful interstate commerce to injure a idiosyncratic pursuing a three-day proceedings successful U.S. District Court successful Chicago, according to a Justice Department press release.

"Let this condemnation nonstop a wide connection that it is ne'er acceptable to endanger a governmental fig oregon a subordinate of the judiciary," said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.

Schneider was accused of posting videos connected Instagram tagged with geolocations of Trump Tower successful Chicago and the president's nationalist accounts, calling him a "fraud" and "coward" aggregate times.

"@realDonaldTrump SHOULD BE EXECUTED!!!" Schneider wrote successful the caption of 1 clip, which showed him speaking "directly to the camera" astir sidesplitting Trump and nationalist officials, according to the national complaint. "I'm bushed of each you f—ing frauds," Schneider said successful the Oct. 16 post. "People request to f—ing dice and radical are going to die. F— each of you, particularly you Trump."

In different "selfie" video posted that aforesaid day, Schneider allegedly told his followers, "People similar maine person suffered existent f—ing crimes from f—ng judges, doctors, lawyers, police. They each should beryllium killed. All of them should beryllium executed for what they've done. They request to beryllium killed. They request to beryllium executed, ok? …. I deliberation it's time. I've waited agelong enough."

The video included a caption stating "THIS IS NOT A THREAT!!!"

Schneider posted the clip 7 times successful 1 day, each clip including a tagged geolocation of Trump Tower. Prosecutors accidental a "concerned citizen" successful Florida viewed the video and reported it to instrumentality enforcement.

Authorities interviewed Schneider astir the posts connected Oct. 22. The ailment describes however Schneider allegedly became "irate and started yelling" astatine investigators during the interview.

"Approximately 1 hr aft I near the taxable residence, [Schneider] posted a video of myself and the 2 different instrumentality enforcement officers who attempted to interrogation Schneider walking down his driveway," the ailment says. "The station contained the aforesaid threatening caption arsenic the antecedently described video."

Authorities arrested Schneider astatine his location successful Winthrop Harbor. He appeared successful tribunal and told the justice overseeing his lawsuit that helium would "burn this castle down," according to prosecutors.

"When asked by the justice if it was a threat, Schneider said it was not," the ailment says.

During different tribunal appearance, Schneider asked if helium could beryllium enactment up successful the "Trump motel" with popcorn, according to section CBS affiliate WBBM.

This isn't Schneider's archetypal run-in with the law: He has a agelong transgression past and allegedly posted "multiple convulsive messages" astir nationalist officials connected assorted societal media accounts successful 2022.

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"According to instrumentality enforcement reports, successful December 2022, instrumentality enforcement officers arrested Schneider based connected a study that Schneider made threats to 'shoot up' a T-Mobile store," the ailment says.

In that case, Schneider was recovered to beryllium unfit to basal trial.

Prosecutors accidental helium utilized an Instagram relationship nether the username "truthreaper888" to station his threats. When helium was interviewed successful 2022, authorities said helium was wearing a achromatic shot chapeau with a achromatic skull successful the aforesaid benignant arsenic the "Punisher" comic publication character.

"Schneider is wearing the aforesaid chapeau successful each the aforementioned videos," the ailment says.