Man from CA threatens to kill Trump in Facebook posts, feds say. ‘Watch yourself’
A California man is accused of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump in a series of posts on Facebook, federal prosecutors said.
Thomas Streavel, 73, was arraigned June 3 on three counts of making threats against Trump after the 2024 election, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Information for Streavel’s attorney was not made available as of June 4. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges, prosecutors said.
“The type of rhetoric and threats made by this defendant are similar to those that led to an attempt on the President’s life last year,” U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in the release. “There is no place for political violence or threats of violence in the United States. We will not hesitate to arrest and charge others who engage in similar criminal conduct.”
According to an indictment, Streavel made several posts before the presidential election in 2024 threatening to harm or have others harm Trump.
Some of the threats were posted to his friends and some were privately posted to himself, prosecutors said. The posts continued after Trump was elected, officials said.
In one of the posts on Nov. 28, Streavel said killing Trump was his “life’s mission,” according to court records.
“Watch yourself (T)rump, you are a dead (expletive) and I am your assassin,” he wrote in the post, according to the indictment.
Streavel was released on a $10,000 bond and has a trial date set for July 28, prosecutors said.
He faces a maximum sentence of five years for each count if convicted, prosecutors said.
This story was originally published June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM with the headline "Man from CA threatens to kill Trump in Facebook posts, feds say. ‘Watch yourself’."
