Overview
- Peter Stinson served 33 years in the U.S. Coast Guard before working as a FEMA incident command instructor and earned sharpshooter ribbons for both pistol and rifle.
- Court documents allege that he posted hundreds of threats from 2020 to 2025, including calls to use guns, knives and poison against the President.
- He self-identified as a member of Antifa and used code names such as 'orange,' 'Krasnov' and '8647' to obscure his target and intentions.
- Federal prosecutors charged Stinson under Title 18 of the U.S. Code and a judge ordered him detained on June 16 pending a June 18 hearing.
- The case underscores growing concerns over political violence and the enforcement of laws against threats to the President.