Overview
- Trent Schneider, 57, was taken into federal custody Monday after a criminal complaint was unsealed alleging he made threats to injure the president and others online.
- In an Oct. 16 Instagram video cited by prosecutors, he said he would get guns to "take care of business" and declared that President Trump "should be executed."
- The U.S. Secret Service is leading the case, and with help from the Lake County Sheriff’s SWAT team, agents executed search and arrest warrants at Schneider’s Winthrop Harbor home without incident.
- Authorities say a concerned citizen in Florida alerted law enforcement, and investigators documented multiple videos since September, many geotagged to Trump Tower in Chicago.
- Agents reported that Schneider posted another video showing them at his property after an initial visit; he has a 2023 state case where he was found unfit to stand trial, and he remains detained pending a hearing.