Overview
- A federal jury convicted Tyler Maxon Avalos on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, of interstate transmission of a threat to injure another person for a social media post targeting former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- The TikTok post showed Bondi’s photo with a sniper-style red dot and the words “WANTED: Pam Bondi. REWARD: 45,000. DEAD OR ALIVE (PREFERABLY DEAD),” a post that a user in Detroit reported to the FBI on Oct. 9, 2025.
- Investigators traced the account to Avalos of St. Paul and seized his phone and residence materials that included anarchist imagery, posts praising political killings, and a video naming another apparent target.
- Court filings note Avalos’s prior felony convictions in Minnesota and Florida, and he remains out of custody on conditional release while sentencing is pending.
- U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen framed the verdict as part of a wider effort to deter politically motivated violence, a pattern of prosecutions the office says has targeted threats to judges, lawmakers and other public figures this year.