{"id":18730,"date":"2026-02-13T00:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18730"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:46:53","slug":"10-threats-against-trump-admin-officials-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18730","title":{"rendered":"10 Threats Against Trump Admin Officials in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year may have barely begun, but it has already witnessed many threats to\u00a0President Donald Trump\u00a0and members of his administration.\n<\/p>\n

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Trump survived\u00a0an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, and he faced another serious assassination attempt in West Palm Beach, Florida, two months later. The first assassin died in the attempt, and a judge sentenced Ryan Routh, 59, to life in prison plus 84 months last week for the second attempt.\n<\/p>\n

Two events last year highlighted the rise of political violence on the left: the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and the comments of\u00a0Democrat Jay Jones, who now serves as Virginia\u2019s attorney general, wishing for the death of his political opponents. (Jones apologized for the comments after National Review exposed them.)\n<\/p>\n

A judge\u00a0sentenced Jauan Rashun Porter, 30, to more than three years in prison Tuesday for transmitting threats to kill Trump last summer. Porter allegedly said on TikTok that \u201cthere\u2019s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump\u2019s eyes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, defendants have allegedly threatened Trump, key administration officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.\n<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the list of arrests so far this year, for threats made both this year and late last year.\n<\/p>\n

1. Threat to JD Vance<\/h2>\n

Secret Service agents arrested Shannon Mathre, 33, on Friday. A\u00a0grand jury indicted\u00a0Mathre on charges of threatening to take the life of a successor to the presidency, namely Vice President JD Vance.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to find out where he [Vance] is going to be and use my M14 automatic gun and kill him,\u201d Mathre allegedly stated.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOur attorneys are vigorously prosecuting this disgusting threat against Vice President Vance,\u201d Attorney General Pam Bondi said. \u201cYou can hide behind a screen, but you cannot hide from this Department of Justice.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

2. Vandalizing Vance\u2019s Home<\/h2>\n

A federal grand jury\u00a0charged William DeFoor, 26, with damaging government property; engaging in physical violence against a person in a restricted building; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers for his invasion of Vance\u2019s home in Cincinnati on Jan. 5.\n<\/p>\n

DeFoor allegedly used a hammer to break glass, ignored repeated warnings to stop, and attempted to flee on foot.\n<\/p>\n

3. Another Vance Threat<\/h2>\n

Authorities arrested\u00a0Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, of Anaheim, California, last month for posting death threats on Instagram against Vance during Vance\u2019s visit to Disneyland last year.\n<\/p>\n

4. Threat to Russ Vought<\/h2>\n

Arlington County police arrested Colin Demarco, 26, on Jan. 22, for attempting to murder Office of Management and Budget\u00a0Director Russ Vought.\n<\/p>\n

Demarco went to Vought\u2019s Northern Virginia home on Aug. 10. He faces charges of attempted murder and carrying a firearm without a permit, along with the unlawful wearing of a mask,\u00a0NBC News reported.\n<\/p>\n

5. Antifa Member Threatening ICE Agents<\/h2>\n

Authorities arrested Kyle Wagner, 37, on\u00a0federal threat and cyberstalking\u00a0charges last week. He allegedly threatened to assault and murder ICE agents. A resident of Minneapolis, Wagner reportedly\u00a0identified himself with Antifa.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis man allegedly doxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers, encouraged bloodshed in the streets, and proudly claimed affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa before going on the run,\u201d Bondi, the attorney general, said.\n<\/p>\n

6. Threats to Federal Agents<\/h2>\n

Authorities charged\u00a0Taylor Ryan Prigmore, 30, with threatening to kill federal agents in an indictment handed down last month.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI am preparing physically and mentally to kill federal agents,\u201d Prigmore allegedly stated in a YouTube video. \u201cOur presidents [sic<\/em>] needs to die to save lives.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

7. Threats to FBI Director Kash Patel<\/h2>\n

A grand jury\u00a0indicted Oklahoma man Jacob Wray Hudson\u00a0last month on threats against a federal law enforcement officer and interstate communications with threats to injure others.\n<\/p>\n

Muskogee, Oklahoma, police say Hudson yelled about wanting to kill Trump and \u201cthe Jews.\u201d According to court documents, Hudson admitted to threatening FBI Director Kash Patel and Patel\u2019s girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, on Instagram. \u201cYou\u2019re both gonna be publicly executed for hurting kids,\u201d he posted.\n<\/p>\n

8. Threatening Trump and ICE Agents<\/h2>\n

A federal grand jury\u00a0indicted Francisco Jesus Mena, 36, earlier this month on charges of threatening a federal official. Mena, a resident of North Richland Hills, Texas, allegedly threatened to assault and murder Trump and unnamed ICE agents. If convicted, he faces up to 96 years in prison.\n<\/p>\n

9. Threatening Trump on Shotgun Shells<\/h2>\n

Police in Portland, Oregon, shot and killed a man who had written Trump\u2019s name on shotgun shells and who had falsely identified himself as a Secret Service officer before pulling out a gun at a Safeway location. Police said the man pulled the trigger at Safeway, but the gun did not fire.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the U.S. Secret Service angel, the fact that he was impersonating an agent, the fact that there was a potential threat to the president \u2026 that prompted them to bring in the Secret Service as part of the investigation,\u201d a Portland Police Bureau spokesperson said.\n<\/p>\n

10. Threatening to Kill ICE Agents<\/h2>\n

West Virginia State Police\u00a0arrested Cody Smith, 20, last month after he allegedly \u201cposted videos of himself\u201d saying he was \u201cgoing to attack and kill ICE agents\u201d in calls to the Department of Homeland Security.\n<\/p>\n

Deputies said Smith \u201cmade threats to the president of the United States\u201d and posted that he \u201cintended to \u2018murder\u2019 Trump supporters\u201d and \u201cservice members willing to \u2018bootlick,\u2019\u201d according to a criminal complaint.\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published at The Daily Signal. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok.<\/em>
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