A Utah man faces criminal charges after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to an indictment filed Wednesday.
The indictment went on to quote Dominguez as saying, « I’m going to kill the sexist racist homophobic President Trump today. Nothing you can do to save President Trump nor stop me pigs. »
CNN has no confirmation of Dominguez’s claim that he is a SEAL. A motion filed Wednesday said Dominguez was confined in Utah state prison and was due to appear in court on Thursday afternoon.
Melodie Rydalch, a spokeswoman for US Attorney John Huber, issued a statement outlining the indictment and the timeline of the actions it alleges.
She added, « Local and federal law enforcement agencies treat all threats seriously. They expend time and resources responding to and investigating them — as our agencies did in this case. That said, there isn’t any evidence that Mr. Dominguez traveled to carry out his threats against the President. »
Dominguez made the threat on Trump’s life on December 4,2017, the US attorney’s office said. Trump visited Utah that day to announce his decision to shrink a pair of national monuments.
The Justice Department statement alleges that later in December, Dominguez used an internet tip line to send more threats, including the threat to hurt people at a movie complex with firearms or explosives and then to harm police officers responding to the scene.
After a threat on New Year’s Eve, the statement said, Dominguez « was observed in the area of the theater » and police officers then executed a vehicle stop and he was taken into custody.
The US Secret Service did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday evening.
