Trent Schneider, 57, was jailed on Monday, district attorneys claimed.
A country Chicago guy was government billed for supposedly endangering to eliminate Head of state Donald Trump on social media sites, according to court documents unsealed on Monday.
Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, was billed through criminal grievance with making a risk in interstate business to wound an individual, according to the united state Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern Area of Illinois.
Head of state Donald Trump talks to press reporters aboard Flying force One en course to the White Residence, November 2, 2025 after removing from Hand Coastline International Airport Terminal in West Hand Coastline, Fla.
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Following his apprehension Monday early morning, a government court in Chicago got that he continue to be restrained in government wardship, district attorneys claimed. Schneider is following set up to show up in court for an apprehension hearing on Thursday.
According to the grievance, in a “selfie-style video clip” uploaded to Instagram on Oct. 16, Schneider supposedly claimed, “I’m going to obtain some weapons. I recognize where I can obtain a great deal of f —— weapons and I am mosting likely to function myself.”
” I’m fed up with all you f —— fraudulences. Individuals require to f —— die and individuals are mosting likely to pass away. F– every one of you, particularly you, Trump. You ought to be implemented,” he supposedly claimed in the video clip, according to the grievance.
Police seen outside the home of Trent Schneider in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, Nov. 3, 2025.
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The video clip likewise supposedly consisted of a subtitle that specified, partially, “THIS IS NOT A HAZARD!!! AFTER SHEDDING Whatever and My Residence Public auction day is 11.04.2025 @realDonaldTrump Must BE EXECUTED!!!”
Schneider supposedly uploaded the very same video clip and subtitle around 18 times in between Oct. 16 and Oct. 21, according to the grievance.
A “worried resident” in Florida that checked out the video clip on Oct. 16 reported it to police, according to the grievance.
Schneider encounters a optimal sentence of 5 years in government jail if founded guilty, the DOJ claimed.
Lawyer info was not instantly readily available.
