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Left inset: President Donald Trump departs after signing an executive order at an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Evan Vucci). Right inset: Tulsi Gabbard (Alex Wong/Getty Images). Background: Federal authorities getting ready to take Aliakbar Mohammed Amin into custody in Lilburn, Ga. (FBI Atlanta/Facebook).
A “radicalized, dangerous criminal” has been arrested by FBI agents in Georgia for allegedly hurling threats at President Donald Trump, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the White House, just days after a man was charged for making online assassination posts under the name “Mr Satan,” officials say.
Aliakbar Mohammed Amin, 25, was taken into custody on Friday in Lilburn, a suburb of Atlanta, after his threats were discovered by federal investigators, according to the FBI’s Atlanta field office, which posted about his arrest on Facebook.
“Today, #FBI Atlanta arrested 25-year-old, Aliakbar Mohammed Amin of Lilburn, GA for threatening communications against @DNIGabbard, @Potus, & @WhiteHouse,” the office said. “Bottom line, the FBI does not tolerate threats and will hold offenders fully accountable.”
While it’s unclear what Amin said exactly about Trump and admin officials, Gabbard took to social media on Friday night to describe how she was targeted and thank authorities for their efforts to bring Amin to justice.
“Thank you @FBI, @USMarshalsHQ, and local law enforcement for your service and dedication in apprehending this radicalized, dangerous criminal who repeatedly threatened the lives of me, my family, and @realDonaldTrump,” Gabbard said. “Thank you for your tireless work every day keeping the American people safe.”
Gabbard’s deputy chief of staff, Alexa Henning, said Friday that she had reached out to CNN and told them that Gabbard “had credible, active threats against her and her family” but she didn’t reveal what was being said. The threats were made public after CNN reported that Gabbard had voted in Hawaii during the 2024 elections despite having an address in Texas listed as her official “homestead.”
Gabbard’s lawyers have reportedly insisted that she listed the Texas address as her homestead in order to hide where she actually lived “in response to ongoing, high-level, credible threats against her and her family,” according to DNI Press Secretary Olivia Coleman and The New York Sun.
Amin’s arrest comes just days after a man in Pennsylvania was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill President Trump, as well as other government officials, including Elon Musk and agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Shawn Monper, 32, was taken into custody on April 9 and charged with four counts of making threats against federal officials and federal law enforcement officers, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The FBI National Threat Operations Section was notified via an emergency disclosure on April 8 about threats posted to YouTube by a user named “Mr Satan,” who allegedly turned out to be Monper. The FBI discovered multiple threats made against federal officials between Jan. 15 and April 5, 2025.
Investigators determined that “Mr Satan” was operating from an IP address that corresponded to Monper’s home in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Federal agents said they were able to establish that Monper obtained a firearms permit shortly after Trump was inaugurated in office for the second time in January 2025.
On Feb. 17, he allegedly wrote: “Nah, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon, all the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands in the way. Remember, we are the majority, MAGA is a minority of the country, and by the time its time to make the move, they will be weakened, many will be crushed by these policies, and they will want revenge too. American Revolution 2.0”
Monper is also accused of stating that he had “bought several guns and been stocking up on ammo since Trump got in office.” His threats allegedly included comments on a video of Trump’s live address to Congress, writing: “im going to assassinate him myself.” Monper is also accused of writing, “Eventually im going to do a mass shooting,” and “ICE are terrorist people, we need to start killing them,” as well as “I have been buying 1 gun a month since the election, body armor, and ammo.”
On April 1, Monper allegedly said: “If I see an armed ice agent, I will consider it a domestic terrorist, and an active shooter and open fire on them.”
He has been ordered detained pending a preliminary hearing, which is currently scheduled to take place on the afternoon of April 14.
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