Overview

• Prosecutors say Peter Stinson made hundreds of graphic threats targeting the president across multiple social media platforms from 2020 to June 2025.
• Stinson served 33 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, earned sharpshooter ribbons for pistol and rifle, and worked as a FEMA Incident Command Systems instructor.
• Court documents allege he suggested using guns, knives, poison and crowdfunding a contract hit to eliminate the president on X, Bluesky, Reddit and Instagram.
• He self-identified as an Antifa member and employed coded nicknames for Trump, including “orange,” “8647” and references to past assassination attempts.
• A federal judge in Virginia ordered him held without bail and scheduled a detention hearing for June 19 as the FBI and Secret Service continue their investigation.