Attorney General Pam Bondi talks to the press as President Donald Trump looks on, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Washington White House briefing room (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin).
A 37-year-old Rhode Island man has been apprehended for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump along with other government officials, including U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, using the president’s social media platform.
Carl D. Montague was arrested on Wednesday morning and charged with making threats against the President, interstate threats, as well as threats to assault, kidnap, or murder a government official, according to court documents.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Trump Media and Technology, Truth Social’s parent company, on June 27 notified the U.S. Secret Service of a threat against the president, Bondi, and Miller posted to Truth Social by an unknown individual using the handle “@tacoustic.”
The post read:
It’s a shame you won’t get to see the end of your f—ing term, because I’m gonna make sure I put a bullet rate (sic) between your f—ing head you piece of s—, you Pam Bondi. Stephen f—ing miller, all you b—es, are gonna get a f—ing bullet to the head every single f—ing one of you.
Investigators linked the username to a Gmail account in Providence, Rhode Island, and submitted an emergency disclosure request to Google and the company provided the Secret Service with the associated IP address. Following some additional investigatory work, agents said they were able to identify Montague as the individual behind the @tacoustic username and the threat.
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Agents on June 29 went to an apartment complex in the 400 block of Plainfield Street, but they were unable to gain entry because the gate was locked and management was not there on Sundays. However, agents showed a photo of Montague to multiple people who said they recognized him as “Joe’s friend,” though they said he “had not lived there in a few years.” The building is associated with a non-profit group dedicated to assisting individuals with re-entering society after serving time in prison.
The following day, agents returned to the apartment and spoke to “Joe,” who “claimed he knew Montague; however, Montague was not there, and that he (Joseph) had not seen him (Montague) in
a few days.” Management pointed the agents to a resident who knew Joe and that resident “insisted that Montague was most likely in Joe’s apartment at that moment.”
Management conducted an annual apartment check and confirmed that Montague was “inside the apartment hiding in the bathtub” and asked him to speak with the agents.
“Montague began confessing to making threats before agents were able to introduce themselves or explained why they were there,” the affidavit states. “Montague stated he was smoking a lot of marijuana when he posted the threat. Montague claimed he deleted his Truth Social account after sending the message. Montague was upset with current politics and expressed his frustrations via Truth Social. Montague did not have a specific reason to direct his threat towards DCOS Miller and AG Bondi. Montague observed their names in prior threads and posts he was viewing and then submitted his post.”
Montague also claimed that he could not even identify Bondi and had no intentions of “shooting or inflicting any violence” on any government officials. He confirmed that he did not own or possess any firearms, nor did he have the intention or means to travel anywhere to conduct violence.
Montague made his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon.
