This week, the Pennsylvania man was arrested this week after authorities said they threatened to assassinate President Trump, Elon Musk and other government officials in comments posted on YouTube.
Google, which owns YouTube, warned the FBI on Tuesday of threatening comments. This was posted using the username “Mr Satan,” which authorities later identified as Shaun Monper of Butler, Pennsylvania, according to criminal charges.
Monper, 32, was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of impact, obstruction and retaliation on federal officials and federal law enforcement officials.
According to court documents, Monper wrote under a live stream of Trump's speech to the March 4th Congressional joint session, “I'm going to assassinate him myself.”
In a comment on another YouTube video on February 17, Momper wrote:
According to the complaint, on February 26, Momper wrote that he “buyed some guns,” and that he had been refilling ammunition since taking office for the second time since Trump had promised to “shoot masses.”
Butler, Pennsylvania, where Monper lives, was the venue for a campaign rally in which Trump was injured in an assassination attempt on July 13. The complaint did not mention the episode.
Monper's lawyers did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
In addition to Trump and Musk, immigration and customs enforcement agents are also targets of Monper's threat, federal prosecutors said.
As the Trump administration has stepped up its deportation efforts, ICE and the Department of Homeland Security agents are under scrutiny to detain students and legal immigrants.
On Friday, a Louisiana immigration judge discovered that the Trump administration could deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident, due to its role in the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus last year.
In a statement Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondy thanked the FBI and Butler Township police for their investigation efforts.
“Whenever a threat of assassination or massive violence occurs anytime, anywhere, this Department of Justice finds suspects, arrests, prosecutes, and seeks maximum appropriate punishment,” she said.
