Butler Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Trump, ICE Agents in Online Posts

A Pennsylvania man admitted in federal court to threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
Butler Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Trump, ICE Agents in Online Posts
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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A Butler, Pennsylvania, man pleaded guilty on April 13 in federal court to threatening to assault and murder President Donald Trump, other U.S. officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania said.

Shawn Monper, 33, admitted before U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy to two counts of threatening federal officials with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, and retaliate against them in the performance of their official duties. Under the plea agreement, Monper also accepted responsibility for the additional counts for which he was charged.

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Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.