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Massachusetts Man Charged with Threatening to Kill Trump
Prosecutors say Andrew D. Emerald posted eight Facebook threats against President Donald Trump and faces up to 5 years in prison on each count.
- On Wednesday, FBI Boston agents arrested 45-year-old Andrew D. Emerald of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, after a federal grand jury indicted him on eight counts of interstate transmission of threatening communications against President Donald Trump.
- Prosecutors allege Emerald used Facebook between May and July 2025 to broadcast violent plans, including explicit threats to 'burn' Mar-a-Lago and descriptions of 'hunting him down' to execute the President.
- The indictment cites a June 14, 2025, post stating, 'I won't be murdering you I will be executing a monster,' alongside graphic references to tracking the President's whereabouts and carrying out violence.
- Emerald faces up to five years in prison on each count and a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted, with an initial court appearance scheduled for today in Springfield.
- The investigation involved collaboration between the FBI, the Secret Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and local Great Barrington police, underscoring federal coordination in protecting the President.
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Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, April 1 (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man accused of making threats on Facebook to kill U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on Wednesday after a stand-off with law enforcement in which the man began brandishing a sword. Andrew Emerald, 45, was charged in an eight-count indictment filed in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts over a string of threatening posts he allegedly made last year, including one in which…
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