A Federal Aviation Administration employee was arrested on Monday on accusations he threatened to kill President Donald Trump.
Dean DelleChiaie, 35, appeared at the U.S. District Court in New Hampshire on Tuesday and faces charges of communicating an interstate threat against the president. His arrest comes after he allegedly made several internet searches from his work computer in January centered on assassination and killing Trump, according to court documents.
In addition, DelleChiaie allegedly used his personal email in April to send a message to the White House’s public email threatening to “neutralize/kill you – Donald John Trump,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Concord, New Hampshire.
“I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you – Donald John Trump – because you decided to kill kids – and say that it was War – when in reality – it is terrorism,” DelleChiaie is accused of writing in the email to the White House. “God knows your actions and where you belong.”
In the internet searches, the suspect is alleged to have researched previous assassination attempts against Trump, how to get a gun into a federal facility, the percentage of the population that wants the president dead, and the phrase “I am going to kill Donald John Trump.”
The alleged January searches attracted the Secret Service’s attention. Officers questioned DelleChiaie at his home on Feb. 3, where the suspect admitted to making the searches and told investigators he owned three guns, according to the prosecutor’s office. He showed remorse and said he was depressed and had no interest in assassinations, according to prosecutors.
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DelleChiaie appears to have been a contractor involved in mechanical engineering for the FAA. In addition to threats against Trump, he allegedly searched the location of Vice President JD Vance’s home and the names of his children.
If convicted, DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The development comes at a time of heightened security concerns for Trump, as it was revealed shortly after a Secret Service-involved shooting near the White House and just days after a man was charged with attempting to assassinate the president at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.