New Mexico man jailed for threatening Trump on social media

An Albuquerque antheral was sentenced to astir 10 months successful national situation "for utilizing societal media to contented convulsive threats against the president," according to officials. 

Tyler Leveque, 38, was sentenced aft admitting to posting a bid of threats targeting President Donald Trump implicit respective days successful aboriginal January 2025, according to a connection released by the United States Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico Wednesday.

The connection acceptable retired however Leveque’s online posts had escalated crossed TikTok, X and Facebook and that they were explicit capable to trigger a national probe by the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI.

Prosecutors said the threats began connected Jan. 2, 2025, erstwhile Leveque posted a TikTok video successful which helium voiced hatred toward aggregate groups, warned followers they should beryllium "f---ing scared" and declared his willingness to die. He ended the video with the taunt, "Run, run."

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Tyler Leveque from Albuquerque posted threats online that triggered a Secret Service and FBI investigation. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The adjacent day, Leveque continued connected X directing threats astatine Trump and others. 

In 1 post, helium wrote, "@realDonaldTrump I got my eyes connected you sir! Cant hold for your Victory rally! The 19th right!? Lol you and your affluent friends are dormant nary menace a promise." 

In another, helium referred to a expected confrontation connected Jan. 19, telling nationalist figures and concern leaders "its [sic] excessively precocious for yall… spot u connected the 19thfor [sic] war!"

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He besides replied "Die" to 1 of Trump’s posts.

On Jan. 4, Leveque posted connected Facebook that helium had "just bought my archetypal gun" followed by statements calling for a march connected authorities offices and claiming helium was preparing for convulsive action.

He adjacent suggested helium expected to dice oregon beryllium jailed.

Secret Service agents and FBI investigators contacted Leveque astatine his Albuquerque location connected Jan. 6 and learned helium had initiated an online acquisition of a weapon 2 days earlier, though helium had not completed the transaction oregon taken possession of the weapon, the connection said.

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Tyler Leveque was sentenced to astir 10 months successful national situation aft triggering an FBI investigation. (Google Maps)

Agents informed him that his posts constituted threats, which are not protected by the First Amendment.

"Threatening unit against nationalist officials is simply a superior national offense, and this bureau volition prosecute these cases to the fullest grade of the law," Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison said successful a statement.

"Today’s sentencing serves arsenic a wide reminder that specified threats transportation significant, lifelong consequences, including clip spent incarcerated, a imperishable felony record, the nonaccomplishment of firearm rights and years of national supervision. We anticipation others instrumentality enactment and take a antithetic path."

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The FBI investigated Tyler Leveque's online threats toward Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

"The sentencing contiguous reminds each of america that threatening unit is not protected code and the United States Secret Service volition proceed to aggressively analyse and prosecute prosecution connected each threats against our protectees and elected nationalist officials," said Ron Emmot, nonmigratory cause successful complaint of the United States Secret Service, Albuquerque Resident Office.

"The FBI wants to punctual the nationalist that we uphold and enactment each individual’s law close to escaped speech. Free code protects ideas and debates, but it does not and volition ne'er support violence," added Justin A. Garris, peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI Albuquerque Division.

"Threatening code that is directed toward a circumstantial idiosyncratic oregon a radical of people, whether you judge it to beryllium anonymous oregon harmless, volition beryllium investigated by national agents, and we volition clasp them accountable."

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Leveque pleaded blameworthy to making threats against the president and successors to the presidency. After completing his situation term, helium volition service 3 years of supervised release.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the FBI Albuquerque Division and the Albuquerque Police Department.