A Sandpoint, Idaho, man has been charged in federal court with threatening to kill Donald Trump.
In at least nine calls to Trump’s Florida residence, his Mar-a-Lago club, Warren Jones Crazybull, 64, said he was going to kill the former president.
The calls were made on July 31, just weeks after the attempted assassination of Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, where he was shot in the right ear.
In one call, according to a criminal complaint and affidavit first released Monday, Crazybull threatened to “find Trump” and said he was “coming to Bedminster tomorrow,” which is the town where Trump National Golf Club is located in New Jersey.
Crazybull was tracked to Montana and Arrested on August 1 for the callsHe was charged in federal court in Idaho on Aug. 20. His trial is scheduled for Oct. 28.
Warren Jones Crazybull, 64, of Idaho, was arrested and charged with threatening a former president after allegedly making nine calls to Mar-a-Lago saying he would “personally kill” Donald Trump.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to the sole charge of making threats against a former president.
“I’m going to personally take him down and kill him,” Crazybull said in one call, according to the Justice Department complaint.
Mar-a-Lago security received phone calls from the same number with the caller ID “Warren Jones.”
The security team informed the United States Secret Service (USSS) about the nine calls containing threats.
Weeks after the first assassination attempt and threatening calls, Trump was attacked again by Ryan Wesley Routh during a round of golf at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A Secret Service agent shot Routh, 58, when he saw the muzzle of his rifle sticking out from the bushes two holes in front of where Trump was playing on Sept. 15. Routh was arrested 50 miles from the scene and faces multiple charges.
The first would-be assassin, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, grazed Trump’s ear with one of his bullets, killing one rally-goer and seriously wounding two others before being neutralized by the USSS.
Multiple investigations into the two assassination attempts are underway by different agencies and congressional groups.
Crazybull said he would “find Trump” in one call. “I’m going to go to Bedminster tomorrow. I’m going to personally take him down and kill him,” he said, according to court documents.
The suspect’s identity was confirmed by the Secret Service through phone records and by comparing the voice of threatening calls recorded by Mar-a-Lago security personnel with a video he posted on Facebook (pictured).
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung blamed the latest news of Crazybull’s threats on Vice President Kamala Harris’ rhetoric.
“Kamala Harris and the liberal Democrats are the ones who are unhinged,” Cheung said in a statement Monday. “There have been two heinous assassination attempts against President Trump, and their violent rhetoric is directly to blame.”
Cheung called on Harris to “apologize for her hateful rhetoric” and “tone down her attacks.”
He said if they don’t, then Democrats will be “explicitly advocating for more bloodshed and inciting” against Trump and the Republicans who support him.
Crazybull’s identity was confirmed by the Secret Service through phone records and by comparing the voice of threatening calls recorded by Mar-a-Lago security personnel with a video he posted on Facebook.
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The calls were made on July 31 to Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, just weeks after the former president was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
But the page purportedly belonging to Crazybull included other threats toward Trump and posts referencing Jeffrey Epstein, John John Kennedy Jr. (sic) and a “shadow government.”
Using location data from his T-Mobile phone, the Secret Service was able to determine his location and took him into custody in Montana, according to the court filing.
During an interview with the USSS, an agent classified Crazybull as having “accelerated” thought processes and appearing “confused” and “paranoid.”
He said, according to the affidavit, that he would not try to kill Trump but that he was determined “not to allow” the former president to take power again.