Illinois man charged with threatening to assassinate Trump
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — An Illinois man has been charged after posting online several times that he wants to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Joseph Lynn Pickett of Edwardsville was charged June 15 with threatening the president of the United States, the Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/2ssw5WM ) reported.
U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Vincent Pescitelli said in a criminal complaint that Pickett “did knowingly and wilfully make a threat to take the life of, to kidnap, and to inflict bodily harm” against Trump on Facebook.
The posts included frequent profanity as well as detailed death threats to the president.