BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged after allegedly posting multiple threats against President Donald Trump on social media, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Andrew D. Emerald, 45, of Great Barrington, was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of interstate transmission of threatening communications.
He was taken into custody earlier Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Springfield this afternoon.
According to prosecutors, Emerald allegedly made a series of Facebook posts between May and July 2025 in which he threatened to injure or kill Trump.
The indictment outlines eight separate posts containing violent language and explicit threats, including references to tracking Trump’s whereabouts and carrying out attacks.
Some messages referenced locations associated with Trump and described potential methods of violence.
According to court documents obtained by Boston 25 News, some of the threats were as follows:
(Warning -- Graphic language)
May 3, 2025
“When I see to it that Trump is put to death. It will be the day the purpose creation put me here for beyond creating. My daughter is fulfilled. (because what she is destined to do for the world is far greater than mine, taking out the orange menace!).”
May 13, 2025
“Either Trump is dead and in the ground by 2026, or I am hunting him down and putting him there.”
May 15, 2025
“After what I just heard if Trump is not dead by 2026 I’m going to Mar‑a‑Lago and I’m going after myself.”
May 15, 2025
“I have very good reason to threaten his life and to go after it, whether I have my Second Amendment rights or not. If the people that are supposed to have not gone after him by the new year, I am hear Trump I’m coming for you.”
May 30, 2025
“I’ll make sure you’re at Mar‑a‑Lago when I burn it to the fucking ground.”
June 14, 2025
“I won’t be murdering you I will be executing a monster. I will be fulfilling my constitutional duty to execute a criminal citizen that’s committed high treason just like the constitution tells me too.”
July 7, 2025
“Trump either you’re dead by 2026 or I’m coming for you personally and if I’m the one that kills you, you’re gonna suffer.”
If convicted, Emerald faces up to five years in prison on each count, as well as supervised release and financial penalties.
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