A convicted felon in Georgia is behind bars for threatening to kill President Donald Trump in several posts on a TikTok livestream, according to federal authorities.
Jauan Rashun Porter, 29, stands accused of one count of threats against the president and successors to the presidency, according to a 7-page criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Georgia.
The defendant is a resident of Rome – a medium-sized city located roughly 70 miles northwest of Atlanta – and has previously been convicted of multiple crimes including making terroristic threats, influencing a witness, committing mutiny in a penal institution, drug possession, battery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and domestic violence, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Porter’s latest alleged offenses occurred during a TikTok livestream on July 26, according to the complaint. The livestream was about Trump and captioned “Alligator Alcatraz,” a reference to an expansive immigrant detention camp constructed out of repurposed FEMA trailers and soft-sided tents in the Florida Everglades.
Authorities alleged Porter made numerous – often explicit – posts expressing his desire to shoot and kill the 45th and 47th president.
“So there’s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump’s eyes,” the user said on the livestream.
Similar comments were made several times.
“I’m gonna kill Donald Trump,” the defendant allegedly said.
“I’m gonna put a 7.62 bullet inside of his forehead,” Porter allegedly added, an apparent reference to a common caliber of medium-range ammunition, popularly known as a “Soviet short round” due to its original production as the native bullet for the Kalashnikov rifle, or AK-47. “I’m gonna watch him bleed out and I’m gonna watch him die…I’m gonna do that. Yes. Yes. Me.”
In response to others asking the user to repeat the statements, he allegedly taunted: “I could say it three more times for you.”
In response to a request for his location, Porter allegedly said: “You’ll know. It’ll be on the news… his [POTUS’] rally is coming up pretty soon and I’m going there and I’m going to put a bullet in his head.”
Then, roughly one minute into the video, the defendant allegedly said: “I am going to kill the President of the United States.” Seconds later, the livestream host warned the user about receiving an FBI visit. This warning, however, did not seem to sway him. The man allegedly responded: “I’m gonna kill them too…and then kill myself.”
The host of the livestream finally chafed at the violent language and asked: “Do you think saying something like that is normal behavior?”
The accused user replied: “Normal behavior would be speaking on something and then doing it,” according to the complaint.
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