A Pennsylvania man has been federally charged with making threats to assault and assassinate President Donald Trump, different U.S. officers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers, in line with the U.S. Division of Justice.
Shawn Monper, 32, who was arrested on Wednesday, lives in Butler, Pennsylvania, the place the president was shot throughout a marketing campaign rally final July.
“I want to applaud the outstanding and courageous investigative work of the FBI and the Butler Township Police Department, who thankfully identified and apprehended this individual before he could carry out his threats against President Trump’s life and the lives of other innocent Americans,” Lawyer Normal Pamela Bondi mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
She added, “Rest assured that whenever and wherever threats of assassination or mass violence occur, this Department of Justice will find, arrest, and prosecute the suspect to the fullest extent of the law and seek the maximum appropriate punishment.”
The FBI was notified about Monper’s YouTube account, for which he used the identify “Mr Satan,” on Tuesday and was in a position to hyperlink the account to his dwelling in Butler.
He made a number of threatening statements between Jan. 15 and April 5, together with that he was “going to assassinate” Trump “myself,” “ICE are terrorist people, we need to start killing them,” and “Eventually im going to do a mass shooting.”
On Feb. 17, he mentioned: “Nah, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon [Musk], all the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands in the way. Remember, we are the majority, MAGA is a minority of the country, and by the time its time to make the move, they will be weakened, many will be crushed by these policies, and they will want revenge too. American Revolution 2.0.”
The FBI investigation additionally discovered that Monper acquired a firearms allow after Trump’s inauguration, which he commented about on his YouTube channel.
“I have bought several guns and been stocking up on ammo since Trump got in office,” he mentioned after the inauguration, additional commenting on his account in March, “I have been buying 1 gun a month since the election, body armor, and ammo.”
He threatened ICE once more on April 1, writing, “If I see an armed ice agent, I will consider it a domestic terrorist, and an active shooter and open fire on them.”
The Butler Township Police Division in Pennsylvania are investigating the case together with the FBI.
Monper is subsequent anticipated in courtroom on Monday.
Trump was shot within the ear throughout a marketing campaign rally in Butler on July 13. The shooter was killed by the Secret Service. A Florida man was additionally arrested for trying to assassinate the president in September after he was discovered armed, mendacity in wait exterior of his golf course in West Palm Seaside.
Final week, one other Florida man was arrested for making threats on social media to assassinate Trump.
