In Rhode Island, federal prosecutors are pushing for the incarceration of a man accused of threatening to assassinate former President Donald Trump and several key figures from his administration. Authorities argue that he remains a threat to both the community and the individuals he allegedly targeted.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan has requested a federal judge to authorize an arrest warrant for Carl D. Montague. According to Donovan, the 37-year-old has repeatedly breached the conditions set for his pretrial release. Montague was initially apprehended on July 9, facing charges of threatening the president, making interstate threats, and intimidating U.S. officials to obstruct their duties.

As previously covered by Law&Crime, Montague purportedly declared on social media on June 27 his intentions to kill Trump, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

This message was reportedly posted on the president’s Truth Social platform under the username “tacoustic.”

Authorities traced the username back to a Gmail account located in Providence, Rhode Island. By filing an urgent information request with Google, investigators were able to obtain the associated IP address and, after further investigation, identified Montague as the person behind the username and the threats.

Investigators linked the username to a Gmail account in Providence, Rhode Island, and submitted an emergency disclosure request to Google and the company provided the Secret Service with the associated IP address. Following some additional investigatory work, agents said they were able to identify Montague as the individual behind the username and the threat.

Federal agents later found him hiding in a bathtub in his apartment.

“Montague began confessing to making threats before agents were able to introduce themselves or explained why they were there,” investigators wrote in an affidavit. “Montague stated he was smoking a lot of marijuana when he posted the threat. Montague claimed he deleted his Truth Social account after sending the message. Montague was upset with current politics and expressed his frustrations via Truth Social. Montague did not have a specific reason to direct his threat towards DCOS Miller and AG Bondi. Montague observed their names in prior threads and posts he was viewing and then submitted his post.”

Montague made his initial court appearance on July 9 and was released after posting a $10,000 unsecured bond. As conditions of his bond, a judge ordered Montague to wear a GPS tracking monitor and remain in his apartment from 8 p.m. until 7 a.m., court documents state. He was also ordered to abstain from drinking alcohol and to seek employment.

Prosecutors in a Nov. 25 court filing alleged that Montague “has four times violated his conditions of pretrial release by consuming alcohol” and “not abided by the condition that he seek employment.”

“Further, most recently, on November 21, 2025, the defendant called the location monitoring line after hours, advised he had been drinking and that he was going to self-report for treatment,” prosecutors wrote. “Significantly, during the call, he directed profane language at the United States Probations Office to whom he was speaking.”