FAA employee charged with threatening to kill President Trump: DOJ

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that a New Hampshire man and Federal Aviation Administration employee has been charged with one count of threatening to kill President Donald Trump.

The man, identified as 35-year-old Dean DelleChiaie, allegedly used his government work computer to conduct various internet searches in January about how to get a gun into a federal facility and previous assassination attempts against the president. 

He also researched the percentage of the population that wants Trump dead, and the phrase “I am going to kill Donald John Trump," according to the department. He then allegedly escalated last month by using his personal email to transmit a threat across state lines to the White House’s public-facing email address.

“I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you - Donald John Trump - because you decided to kill kids - and say that it was War - when in reality - it is terrorism," DelleChiaie allegedly wrote in the email. "God knows your actions and where you belong.”

DelleChiaie allegedly admitted to federal investigators in February that he researched previous assassination attempts on his government computer and that he owned three firearms. 

If convicted, DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The charge comes after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton last month, where prosecutors claimed he was targeting members of the Trump administration. Trump was at the dinner.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.