Overview

• Montague was charged by criminal complaint on July 9 with making threats against the president, interstate threats and threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a U.S. official.
• He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Amy E. Moses in Providence and is awaiting a detention hearing.
• Truth Social’s parent company alerted the U.S. Secret Service after Montague posted a profanity-laced threat on June 27.
• Investigators from the FBI, Secret Service and Providence Police traced the post to his apartment and found him hiding in a bathtub on June 30, where he confessed.
• Montague told agents he was under the influence of marijuana, had no weapons or intent to act on the threats and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.