Pennsylvania man charged for allegedly threatening to kill Trump before he took office

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man was federally charged for allegedly threatening to kill then-President-elect Donald Trump before he took office, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. 

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Jacob Buckley, using a TikTok account under the name "Jacob_buckley," wrote on Jan. 16, "I hate MAGA republicans bro on god I’ll kill all of them."

He also wrote on the TikTok account, "I’m going to kill Trump," and, "Bro we going into a literal oligarchy in 4 days and im going to kill Trump," according to prosecutors. 

Buckley, of Port Matilda, was "charged by criminal information for threatening Donald J. Trump as the President-elect," the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, following an inve...