Overview

• Peter Stinson served 33 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, earned sharpshooter ribbons and later instructed FEMA’s Incident Command Systems courses.
• From early 2020 through June 11, 2025, he posted dozens of threats on X, Bluesky and other platforms suggesting guns, knives, poison and crowdfunding assassination contracts, culminating in a post that read "When he dies, the party is going to be yuge."
• He self-identified as an Antifa member and deployed code names such as "the orange thug" and "8647" in reference to President Trump.
• Federal agents arrested Stinson on June 16, and a judge ordered him detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday in Virginia federal court.
• The case underscores growing political violence following last year’s near-miss assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania and recent attacks on state lawmakers.