Grand jury indicts Trump critic over violent threats

A federal grand jury indicted a man from Rhode Island for threatening to kill President Donald Trump. The man also vowed to kill or injure U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, authorities claimed.

Truth Social message

Carl D. Montague is facing charges of making threats against the president and interstate communications of threats, announced Sara Miron Bloom, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island. An FBI affidavit stated that Montague posted a profanity-laced message on Trump’s Truth Social social media platform in June that read, “It’s a shame you won’t get to see the end of your fl’**** term, because I’m gonna make sure I put a bullet [right] between your fl’***** head you piece of s***, you Pam Bondi. Stephen fl’***** Miller, all you b******, are gonna get a fl’***** bullet to the […] every single fl’***** one of you.”

How they found the suspect

After Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology, alerted the Secret Service to the comment, federal investigators linked the account behind the post to an email address associated with Montague and a Providence, R.I., residence tied to a nonprofit housing program for people who were formerly incarcerated. According to the affidavit, authorities found Montague at the apartment of an acquaintance. The federal complaint doesn’t list any prior convictions.

What the man told the FBI

In an affidavit, FBI Special Agent Ciara Corbett wrote that Montague “stated he was smoking a lot of marijuana when he posted the threat.” He also told investigators he “deleted his Truth Social account after sending the message.” According to Agent Corbett, Montague indicated he “was upset with current politics and expressed his frustrations via Truth Social.” He also told investigators he “did not have any intentions of shooting or inflicting any violence” and “does not own or have access to any weapons,” legal documents show. Reports indicate Montague could face up to five years in prison for threatening the president, with additional penalties possible for related charges.

History of violence

The alleged threat was made nearly a year after Trump’s ear was injured by a bullet during an assassination attempt at a July 2024 election rally in Butler, Penn. That shooter was killed by law enforcement. Two months later in September 2024, another man was arrested after a Secret Service agent allegedly spotted him aiming a rifle through shrubs as the president played golf at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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