Charlotte-area man charged, arrested by FBI for threats against President Trump

The FBI arrested a Salisbury man accused of making threats against President Donald Trump and others on social media, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina announced Thursday. Christian Daniels has been charged with making threats against the President over several days, and with sending threats across state lines.

“It has become far too common for people to make violent threats on social media,” stated James Barnacle Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge in North Carolina. “Listen closely: you cannot hide behind a keyboard and threaten people’s lives. The FBI will find you. Threats to public officials, their loved ones, a grieving widow, or the President of the United States are illegal. Political violence in all forms must stop.”

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