Self-identified Antifa member arrested after allegedly threatening ICE agents, DOJ says

A Minnesota antheral who self-identifies arsenic an Antifa subordinate was arrested Thursday aft allegedly making convulsive threats against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, the Department of Justice said.

Kyle Wagner, 37, of Minneapolis, is accused successful a transgression ailment of utilizing societal media successful January to promote assaults connected national instrumentality enforcement officers and endanger ICE agents.

The DOJ said Wagner had urged followers to face and onslaught ICE officers, referred to agents arsenic "murderers" and the "gestapo" and astatine times called for equipped unit against them.

"Anywhere we person an accidental to get our hands connected them, we request to enactment our hands connected them," helium allegedly said. "We privation to cognize who they are. We volition place each azygous 1 of them and we volition prosecute them to the fullest grade of the law. If it has to beryllium done astatine the tube of a gun, past fto america person a small f------ fun."

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Kyle Wagner was arrested by national agents connected Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (U.S. Department of Justice)

Prosecutors besides allege that Wagner, who was arrested connected national menace and cyberstalking charges, utilized his Instagram relationship to station idiosyncratic identifying accusation astir a pro-ICE idiosyncratic online and aboriginal admitted the code belonged to the victim’s parents.

"It’s nary astonishment that an Antifa violent is allegedly threatening to termination and battle national instrumentality enforcement officers arsenic they dutifully region transgression threats from neighborhoods," said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. 

"After all, this is what Antifa is about, lawlessness and violence. But nether the enactment of President Trump and Attorney General Bondi, determination is nary harmless haven for terrorists and nary extortion from the afloat value of justice," helium added.

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Kyle Wagner was arrested by national agents connected Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (U.S. Department of Justice)

Wagner is expected to marque his archetypal quality successful national tribunal Thursday.

"We cognize that a ‘worthless antheral plots evil, and his code is similar a scorching fire.’ And Wagner’s alleged actions were an effort to dispersed occurrence into our peaceful community. That is not going to happen," said U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr.

Kyle Wagner posted a telephone to enactment for protesters pursuing the decease of Alex Pretti, who was killed by a Border Patrol agent. (Instagram/kaos.follows and Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital antecedently reported that Wagner was connected the tally and removed his remaining societal media accounts Monday afternoon, portion a Venmo relationship linked to donations was nary longer accessible.

Fox News’ Adam Sabes contributed to this report.