EXCLUSIVE TO FOX: An individual from Portland has been accused of making death threats towards law enforcement and issuing threats of sexual violence against their spouses, as reported by the FBI to Fox News Digital on Monday.
John Paul Cupp, aged 45, allegedly issued these menacing threats at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. He now faces charges for threatening a federal law enforcement officer.
Court documents reveal that on October 14, Cupp directed verbal abuse towards law enforcement as they engaged with a gathering.
“Cupp threatened to kill law enforcement officers, sexually assault their wives, and harm their children,” the FBI documents revealed.
Federal agents from various departments, including Homeland Security and Border Patrol, along with local police, worked to manage demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Portland on October 5, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Further filings indicate that on November 3, 2025, Cupp released a video online where he reiterated his threats against federal agents and their spouses. The threats continued with additional online posts targeting officers and their families on November 13, 2025.
The FBI also claimed that the suspect is “a prolific producer of online content and regularly posts aggressive rhetoric, calls for war against the United States, antisemitic threats, and threats of violence.”
FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital the agency is committed to fighting extremism.
“If you threaten to kill law enforcement officers or harm their families, you will face the full weight of the federal government,” Patel said.
Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police officers, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Oct. 6, 2025 in Portland. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“This FBI will use every investigative tool we have to identify violent extremists and remove them from our communities.”
In a statement, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Scott E. Bradford said that threats of violence against law enforcement “will not be tolerated.”
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office remains committed to holding those accountable who threaten and intimidate those who protect our communities, and we will continue to prosecute criminal threats of violence to the fullest extent of the law,” Bradford said.
FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital that anyone who threatens law enforcement “will face the full weight of the federal government.” (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Acting FBI Portland Special Agent in Charge Matt Torres said in a statement that threats against law enforcement “have absolutely no place in our community.”
“Attempts to intimidate those sworn to protect the American people and uphold our Constitution degrade efforts to keep all of us safe,” Torres said.
“The FBI will use all investigative means available to us to seek out and arrest anyone using violent rhetoric to express themselves.”
