The Pennsylvania man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to assault and kill President Donald Trump and other political officials. statement From the Department of Justice.
Shaun Momper, 32, of Butler, has been accused of making a statement on social media about his intention to kill the president after stockpiling ammunition, weapons and body armor.
“We need to start killing all the agents who have appointed Trump, Elon, all the directors of Trump, and all the people who get in the way.”
Monper was posted on YouTube under the moniker “Mr Satan,” according to DOJ, who was turned over on the comments on April 8th. The agency has released some of the more inflammatory comments that are attributed to Monper.
“I bought some guns and have been storing ammunition since Trump took office,” he reportedly wrote. “In the end I'm going to do mass shooting.”
A week later, the man is said to have written:
The DOJ said it had registered in January to obtain a firearms permit shortly after Trump's inauguration.
“No, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon [Musk]head of every agency appointed by Trump, and anyone who gets in the way, wrote Monper. American Revolution 2.0. ”
He also allegedly called immigrants and customs enforcement agents “terrorist people” and called them to be killed.
“If you see an armed ice agent, you consider it a domestic terrorist, an active shooter, and set them on fire.”
Monper was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in cooperation with Butler Township Police Department in federal charges against the threat.
US Attorney General Pam Bondy praised the arrest.
“I would like to praise the outstanding and brave investigative work of the FBI and Butler Township Police Department. He thankfully identified and arrested this individual before carrying out any threats to President Trump's life and the lives of other innocent Americans,” writes Bondy.
“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 added.
Much of social media said that Monper was a strange coincidence from the same town where Trump narrowly escaped the assassination at a rally in July before the election.
Like Blaze News? Bypass censorship, sign up for our newsletter and get stories like these directly into your inbox. Sign up here!
