Overview
- Andrew Stanton, 38, was indicted Wednesday on three federal counts, including threats to assault, kidnap or murder a U.S. official, and pleaded not guilty Thursday in Milwaukee.
- A judge ordered Stanton detained; a pretrial conference is set for Dec. 1 and a trial is scheduled for Dec. 15, according to court records.
- Prosecutors say multiple TikTok videos urged people to shoot ICE and CBP agents, referenced mass-shooting tactics, and invoked the Sept. 10 killing of activist Charlie Kirk.
- The investigation began after an August tip to Wisconsin’s threat center, with TikTok providing subscriber records on Oct. 6 that investigators say tied the accounts to Stanton.
- Authorities say agents tried to contact him on Sept. 5 and 9, he later sent hostile texts to a CBP supervisor identified as “Joe,” and he posted an Oct. 4 video naming that officer; a post also solicited locations of IDF members in Illinois and Wisconsin.