A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and assassinate President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials, federal prosecutors announced on April 11.
Shawn Monper, of Butler, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody on April 9 following an FBI investigation into a series of online threats he allegedly made under the alias “Mr Satan.” The threats—posted on YouTube between mid-January and early April—targeted Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and multiple federal officials, according to the criminal complaint.
According to prosecutors, Monper’s posts contained multiple explicit threats, including a February comment stating, “We just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon, all the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands in the way.” The post included a call to launch “American Revolution 2.0.”...
