Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listen as President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order about the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson).
In a concerning development out of Georgia, a man faces serious charges after allegedly making graphic threats against former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Authorities have identified the suspect as Elliott Owen Schroer, whose age has not been released, and he is accused of making these threats via interstate communication.
The legal proceedings against Schroer involve two counts of making threats through interstate communication and two additional counts of threatening a former federal official. These charges were detailed in a three-page indictment issued by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia earlier this week.
According to federal prosecutors, the disturbing threats were allegedly posted by Schroer on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, on April 3. Among the shocking comments, he purportedly threatened Noem with violent imagery, stating, “I will stab your eyes out with a dull knife,” as per the charging documents.
The indictment further reveals that Schroer allegedly escalated his threats towards Noem, with postings that included chilling statements such as, “I will blow your esophagus out the back of your neck with a 12-gauge slug” and “we will put your head on a stake.”
Authorities have indicated that these menacing comments are not the sole instances of Schroer’s alleged threatening behavior. In outlining their case, prosecutors suggest that Schroer acted with a blatant disregard for the potential perception of his communications as threats of violence, signaling the severity of the accusations against him.
Authorities, however, say Schroer’s threats were “not limited to” those posts referenced in the indictment. Using legalese to denote a possible theory of the case, prosecutors alleged the defendant “consciously disregard[ed] a substantial risk that his communication would be viewed as threatening violence.”
The second Noem-related count alleged Schroer threatened to “assault, kidnap, and murder” the erstwhile DHS head in order “to retaliate” against her “on account of the performance of her official duties during the term of her service.”
The indictment does not contain a narrative about how law enforcement tracked the comments to the defendant in particular.
In the Bondi-related counts, prosecutors included fewer details.
The charging document alleges Schroer “knowingly transmitted a communication in interstate and foreign commerce that contained a threat to injure former Attorney General Pamela Bondi; that is, the defendant posted a message on X that called for violence against former Attorney General Bondi that stated: ‘were going to kill you Pam.’”
The second Bond-related count similarly alleged the defendant intended to “assault, kidnap and murder” the recently fired official as retaliation over her work for the Trump administration as well.
An arrest warrant was issued the same day the indictment was filed.
On Thursday, the case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story and Magistrate Judge Anna W. Howard.
Also on Thursday, Schroer filed an affidavit requesting a federal public defender, which was quickly granted, court records show.
