A man has admitted making threats involving President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia announced.
Federal prosecutors said Cody Lee Smith was previously indicted on allegations that he threatened to sexually assault and kill Trump, and also threatened to kill Trump supporters and ICE personnel.
According to a news release issued Thursday, Smith could face up to five years in prison on the charge involving threats against the president and up to 10 years for the alleged threats directed at ICE.
Cody Smith has admitted to making threats against President Donald Trump and ICE agents, according to the Justice Department. (West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility)
The indictment described several disturbing messages Smith was accused of sending, including one that appeared to reference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Prosecutors said Smith sent a direct message on Instagram to Donald Trump Jr. that included graphic threats against the president, Netanyahu and Trump Jr., using violent and sexually explicit language.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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The indictment also alleged that Smith posted on Instagram accusing Trump of being an “Israeli asset” and included additional threats of rape and murder while tagging accounts associated with Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
It also alleges that the man posted, “If I see a single trump supporter I don’t care the relation[,] I don’t care their age[,] I don’t care if they are mentally handicap[,] I’m murdering them in front of their entire family[,] same goes to the first war supporter or service member who’s willing to bootlick.”
He called the ICE tip line and “threatened to kill ICE agents in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the tip line operator, and the operator’s family,” the indictment alleged.
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Donald Trump Jr., walk on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 3, 2026. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The document also alleged that Smith had declared in a post, “Donald Trump just announced the godd[—] hunger games[.] IMPEACH THIS MOTHERF[—–] WITH A .308.” — the indictment noted that the post featured a Leathermouth song titled, “I Am Going to Kill the President of the United States of America.”
