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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: It threatens to assassinate President Trump into Serbia.
- 0:21[SPEAKER_00]: A man has been arrested after sending menacing messages directly to the CIA in the White House, threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump, his son, Baron, and U.S. Secret Service agents.
- 0:32[SPEAKER_00]: The Justice Department announced that Michael Kofko, a 29-year-old from Chicago, made these threats as recently as March 17, 2026.
- 0:40[SPEAKER_00]: In alarming correspondence with the White House, Kovko allegedly stated, I'm going to take a serrated knife and saw Baron Trump's headoff after I successfully stake out the president of the United States with a high caliber sniper rifle, permanently aimed at the White House lawn.
- 0:54[SPEAKER_00]: He continued with more graphic threats against Baron Trump, declaring his intention to attack.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_00]: The federal complaint indicates that Kovko expressed his intent to carry out an active assassination attempt against the president of the United States of America.
- 1:07[SPEAKER_00]: In a message to the CIA dated August 15, 2025, he claimed I am plotting to kill the president in an ambush and described plans to use a heavy caliber anti-material rifle to target Trump on the White House lawn.
- 1:20[SPEAKER_00]: Moreover, Kofko threatened to hunt any secret service agent who approached him.
- 1:24[SPEAKER_00]: He better not tell me any identifying information at all like first or last name or pet name or address or place of work because I'm going to buy a small concealable firearm and go shoot up his place of work immediately.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: He warned in a March 19th message.
- 1:37[SPEAKER_00]: The most recent threats were sent shortly after federal agents visited Kovos home in response to earlier threats.
- 1:43[SPEAKER_00]: He was identified and arrested on April 3rd after providing his personal contact information in the messages.
- 1:49[SPEAKER_01]: Kovoco is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted.