A 32-year-old man has been charged with making threats online to assassinate US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and other government officials, the United States Justice Department says.
Shawn Monper, who allegedly posted on YouTube as "Mr Satan", was charged on Wednesday with four counts of threatening to murder a US official to impede their official duties, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Federal Court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Attorney-General Pam Bondi said in a statement her department would "seek the maximum appropriate punishment".
"Rest assured that whenever and wherever threats of assassination or mass violence occur, this Department of Justice (DOJ) will find, arrest and prosecute the suspect to the fullest extent of the law," she said.
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