Overview
- Shawn Monper, who pleaded guilty Monday, admitted to two federal counts for threatening to kill the president and other officials.
- FBI agents opened the case after an April 2025 alert about a YouTube user called “Mr Satan” and traced the account to Monper’s home in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Prosecutors said the posts, made between January and April 2025, included an assassination threat against President Trump and calls to kill ICE agents, along with a claim he would carry out a mass shooting.
- Investigators documented posts about buying guns, ammunition, and body armor, found he had obtained a firearms permit after Trump’s inauguration, and seized three handguns during his April 9, 2025 arrest.
- U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy set sentencing for August 12, 2026, with penalties of up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine per count, a case that drew added attention because it unfolded in the same community where Trump was shot in 2024.