Federal authorities in Michigan have charged two people in recent days with making election-related threats against Trump and a political action committee.
The FBI arrested Issac Sissel, who had both New York and Washington state driver’s licenses. He’s accused of using a “PlanningToKillTrump” account on Reddit and, according to an FBI tip, later threatened to “carry out an attack against conservative Christian filth in the event trump wins the election.”
Court records say that Sissel has no fixed address, was living in a motel and also slept near a rehab clinic in Ann Arbor. Law enforcement tracked Sissel down in Canton, Michigan, where he allegedly stated Trump was a threat and “everything would be better if Trump was dead.”
He allegedly told investigators he would not kill Trump but he would not intervene should he know someone who was going to target the former president. Based on court records, Sissel had numerous open warrants for arrest.
Separately, the FBI arrested Christopher Pierce on the same federal charge as Sissel, a single count of communicating threats. He is accused of posting violent messages as far back as June 2022, allegedly writing “what comes next with (sic) make January 6th look like a Sunday stroll through the park! Democracy is dead! (if it ever existed).”
Investigators interviewed Pierce at his Jackson, Michigan, home in September 2022 and warned him of the repercussions of making violent threats. Last month, he allegedly sent multiple messages to a political action committee.
“I guarantee I can find each and every one of your (expletive) organizers… And we will turn you (expletive) inside out,” he said, according to prosecutors.
Another message allegedly said: “It paints targets on your [sic] backs and the backs of your families. Your call centers have been located. Don’t make these boys and girlsgo [sic] to work.”
Pierce allegedly admitted to writing the messages when questioned by the FBI, but told them he did not view them as a threat.
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– Nicole Vap and Rob Legare
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Publish date : 2024-11-05 09:23:00
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