Rhode Island Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Trump Indicted

PROVIDENCE, RI — A federal grand jury indicted a Rhode Island man arrested in July and charged with threatening to shoot and kill President Trump, Attorney General Pamela Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

"The indictment returned today charges Carl D. Montague, 37, with threats against the President and interstate communications of threats," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a media release.

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The FBI launched a probe of Montague after "Trump Media and Technology ... the parent organization of social media platform Truth Social, notified the United States Secret Service" on June 27 of a threatening post directed toward Trump, Bondi and Miller, FBI Special Agent Ciara Corbett said in an affidavit filed in federal court.

The threat, posted by Truth Social user @tacoustic, said, "It's a shame you won't get to see the end of your fl'***** term, because I'm gonna make sure I put a bullet rate (sic) between your fl'***** head you piece of s***, you Pam Bondi. Stephen fl'***** miller, all you b******, are gonna get a fl'***** bullet to the head every single fl'***** one of you," according to the affidavit.

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Agents tracked the IP address for @tacoustic back to a Providence halfway house and headed over June 29, but as it was a Sunday, the front office was closed and they could not get inside the building, the affidavit said.

Agents returned the next day and apprehended Montague despite his attempt to hide in a bathtub, the affidavit said.

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"Montague stated he was smoking a lot of marijuana when he posted the threat," the affidavit said. "Montague claimed he deleted his Truth Social account after sending the message. Montague was upset with current politics and expressed his frustrations via Truth Social."

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