President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while departing the White House on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt looks on (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).
A 47-year-old Oklahoma man allegedly claimed on social media that he was “planning violence” against President Donald Trump and “every single Trump voter” who happened to cross his path, according to federal prosecutors.
“I’m going to kill the President,” Howard Gimmey of Midwest City allegedly wrote, according to a superseding indictment filed last week.
“I’m going to make those who put me here pay,” Gimmey allegedly said in a May 5 post. “And it’s a long list of people now and sadly every single Trump voter is now added to that list. May God have mercy on you if you voted for Trump and you cross my path because you’re gonna feel some f—ing pain.”
Gimmey also referenced his personal circumstances, saying, “I had to leave my apartment and go live in my car two Winters ago. I am planning violence,” the indictment states. The document was filed Oct. 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Federal prosecutors have charged Gimmey with threatening the president and transmitting a threat.
According to a Justice Department press release, prosecutors allege that Gimmey knowingly and willfully threatened the president’s life and bodily safety. They also claim he acted recklessly regarding whether his statements would be understood as genuine threats of violence.
Gimmey was first charged in June after allegedly posting, “I’m going to kill the President,” in reference to Trump. The superseding indictment adds the alleged threat directed at Trump supporters.
His court-appointed attorneys are asking a judge to require prosecutors to establish that Gimmey understood his statements could be interpreted as threats.
“[Gimmey] requests a pretrial ruling that, to obtain a conviction … the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he understood and meant his words as a threat; that recklessness concerning their threatening character, standing alone, is insufficient; and that the jury must be instructed accordingly,” his attorneys wrote in an Oct. 7 motion. The filing argues that recklessness by itself should not be enough for a conviction.
Gimmey is due back in court Oct. 16. If convicted, he could receive a federal prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of as much as $250,000.
The report, “‘Going to kill the President’: Man allegedly boasts about ‘planning violence’ against Trump and MAGA supporters who cross his path, feds say,” was first published by Law & Crime.
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