RIVERSIDE, California
A San Bernardino County man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly threatening to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump following the 2024 election, officials announced this week.
Thomas Eugene Streavel, 73, of Yucca Valley, was arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Riverside after being arrested Monday. He pleaded not guilty to three counts of making threats against a President-elect. A trial date was set for July 28, and a magistrate judge ordered his release on a $10,000 bond.
“This defendant is charged with threatening the life of our President – a man who has already survived two deranged attempts on his life,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
According to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday, Streavel used his Facebook account to post repeated threats against Trump both before and after the 2024 election.
On November 6, 2024—the day after the election—Streavel allegedly posted: “Trump is a dead man walking for the time being until a patriot like myself blows his [expletive] brains out in the very near future.”
The indictment cites multiple posts made throughout November in which Streavel threatened to kill or harm Trump, who was then the President-elect. These include, according to authorities, the following threats:
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November 12: “Willing to make America great again and blow his [expletive] brains out.”
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November 19: “Let me put a bullet right between the ears of your president-elect… That’s my purpose for living.”
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November 28: “I’m praying for a successful assassination of your president-elect,” and, “My life’s mission is killing the worthless LOSER [expletive] and my mission starts tonight so watch yourself trump [sic], you are a dead [expletive] and I am your assassin.”
The defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
If convicted, Streavel faces up to five years in federal prison for each count.
The U.S. Secret Service is leading the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Coe-Odess of the Domestic Security and Immigration Crimes Section is prosecuting the case.