Overview
- Elliot Owen Schroer was charged by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia with two counts of interstate communication of threats and two counts of threatening former U.S. officials.
- Prosecutors say he used X to post death threats directed at Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi, who both served in the Trump administration.
- Federal court filings quote graphic lines, including, “I will stab your eyes out with a dull knife,” and, “We will put your head on a stake.”
- Prosecutors allege the posts were meant to retaliate against the former officials for actions they took while in office.
- U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Keen are prosecuting the case, and CBS reports Schroer was granted a federal public defender.