The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A Butler, Pennsylvania, man pleaded guilty on April 13 in federal court to threatening to assault and murder President Donald Trump, other U.S. officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania said.
Shawn Monper, 33, admitted before U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy to two counts of threatening federal officials with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, and retaliate against them in the performance of their official duties. Under the plea agreement, Monper also accepted responsibility for the additional counts for which he was charged.