
President Donald Trump speaks extracurricular the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).
A New York antheral is accused of threatening President Donald Trump and his household successful a slew of social media posts, with national prosecutors saying helium vowed to "hunt," "rape" and "murder" them.
"I'm going to rent a car and I'm coming to find you President Trump," wrote Joshua Alexander, 43, of Oswego, successful a June 6 station connected X, according to a national complaint.
Alexander is charged with making a terroristic menace successful the Northern District of New York aft being arrested earlier this period pursuing an interrogation with U.S. Secret Service agents.
"When interviewed, Alexander instantly admitted that helium had told Donald Trump helium would execution him," the ailment alleges, noting however Alexander "stated that helium has sent implicit 100 emails" to the White House.
"Throughout the interview, Alexander continued to marque threats toward the president," the ailment adds. "As [agents] started to work a station from X.com grip @JoshuaJAle40233, Alexander interrupted and stated that helium was going to 'f—ing kill' the president and that what I had work from X was precisely what Alexander had posted."
Documents filed successful metropolis tribunal allege that Alexander made countless threats connected X astir "murdering the POTUS" and "sexually assaulting the POTUS and his household members," according to The Palladium Times.
"I'm going to travel to Florida … and I'm going to rape you and I'm going to execution you," Alexander allegedly wrote successful 1 X message, which was inactive posted connected his relationship arsenic of Tuesday, June 23, on with different alleged threats.
"Lol I'm going to chopped disconnected the president's head," Alexander allegedly said. "I'm eating it for breakfast."
Other statements that Alexander allegedly posted connected his leafage included:
I volition termination you and hunt you down President Trump
Only I tin archer President Trump I privation to chopped his caput off. Only I tin bash that. Not you not anybody else.
I'm going to termination the president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump.
I volition execution you Donald Trump.
Law enforcement officers located Alexander connected June 6 "near his residence successful Oswego" and arrested him "for making terroristic threats," according to the complaint. Immediately upon arrest, Alexander allegedly told the serviceman that helium "wanted to execution Donald Trump due to the fact that the president and his household needed to beryllium murdered."
Senior Assistant Public Defender David Smallwood, who is representing Alexander, said successful tribunal past week that helium believed nary of the accusation provided astir Alexander's lawsuit meets the statutory request for making a terroristic threat, according to The Palladium Times.
"There's nary quality betwixt posting thing online and shouting it connected a thoroughfare corner," helium reportedly said.
In metropolis tribunal documents, the Oswego Police Department insists that the threats Alexander made "did origin a tenable anticipation of fearfulness for the president's life" and warranted a "United States Secret Service effect to the City of Oswego to forestall the imminent committee of specified offense," per the Times.
Smallwood has said helium plans to record a question to disregard Alexander's case.

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