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FILE – President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
A resident of New Hampshire, employed by the Federal Aviation Administration, is under scrutiny for allegedly threatening former President Donald Trump and researching potential illegal activities. Federal prosecutors report that Dean DelleChiaie, 35, from Nashua, scrawled the words “I am going to murder Donald John Trump” on a whiteboard at home while using his government-issued computer to look up methods for smuggling a firearm into a federal building.
According to an arrest affidavit, DelleChiaie sent a threatening email to the White House from his personal Gmail account, stating, “I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you – Donald John Trump.” The email accused Trump of actions equating to terrorism, stating, “You decided to kill kids – and say that it was War – when in reality – it is terrorism. God knows your actions and where you belong.”
The U.S. Department of Justice revealed on Tuesday that DelleChiaie faces charges of interstate communication of a threat against the president. Investigators allege he used his work computer in late January to search for information such as “How to get a gun into a federal facility,” previous assassination attempts, public sentiment regarding Trump, and explicitly, “I am going to kill Donald John Trump,” as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire.
In early February, Secret Service agents questioned DelleChiaie, who reportedly confessed to conducting these searches on his work computer. He also acknowledged owning three firearms, including a handgun secured in a safe and a hunting rifle, according to the affidavit. DelleChiaie cited his dissatisfaction with the current administration, highlighting issues such as the election, presidential pardons, and the ‘Epstein files,’ as motivating factors for his actions.
Secret Service agents interviewed DelleChiaie in early February and he allegedly admitted to carrying out the searches on his work computer and to owning three firearms, including a handgun he kept inside a safe at his home and a “hunting rifle,” the affidavit says. DelleChiaie claimed he was “motivated” to conduct the searches because he was “upset with the current administration based on multiple subjects, including the election, presidential pardons, and the ‘Epstein files,’” according to the affidavit.
Between Jan. 20 and Jan. 29, DelleChiaie allegedly used his FAA computer to search the following topics:
How to get a gun into a federal facility
Previous assassination attempts against the President
Percentage of the population that wants the President dead
Countdown timers/clocks estimating the President’s death
The location of the Vice President’s home and the names and ages of his children
The location of the Secretary of War’s home and the names and ages of his children
After making the searches, DelleChiaie allegedly took his computer to the FAA’s Information Technology (IT) department and requested that IT delete his search history from the device. The FAA’s IT department reported the “concerning searches,” and the FAA contacted the USSS, per the affidavit.
A federal agent and Nashua police officer visited DelleChiaie at his home and allegedly observed the following statements written on a whiteboard attached to his refrigerator door:
Calm down more
1-month no arrest by police
Go DC to office if they do not action
Say arrest me “I am going to murder Donald John Trump – per defense of oath.”
DelleChiaie claimed he had “no interest” in carrying out an assassination, but he did search about assassinations “because it was part of the cycle that was going on in his mind,” according to the affidavit. “DelleChiaie could not provide a reason other than that as to why he searched about assassinations or attempted assassinations,” the document adds.
DelleChiaie allegedly mentioned that he was depressed and “sees a therapist.” He claimed he was in “Ketamine therapy to try to get better,” but admitted he often drinks to “black out” and that he has been known to drink every day, along with using cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms, according to the affidavit.
DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. He is due in court on May 19 for a status hearing.
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