Massachusetts man accused of threatening to kill Trump: 'I am hunting him down'

Rick Sobey, Boston Herald on Apr 1, 2026

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BOSTON — A Bay State man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to the feds.

Great Barrington man Andrew Emerald, 45, allegedly posted messages on Facebook threatening to injure and kill Trump.

Emerald was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of interstate transmission of threatening communications.

Emerald last year allegedly made eight Facebook posts in which he threatened to injure the president.

His alleged posts include:

“When I see to it that Trump is put to death. It will be the the day the purpose creation put me here for beyond creating. My daughter is fulfilled. (because what she is destined to do for the world is far greater than mine, taking out the orange menace!)”

“Oh, I’m not just watching!! Either Trump is dead and in the ground by 2026 or I am hunting him down and putting him there. Do you hear that FBI and any other organization that wants to show up at my (expletive) door? Put the enemy of the United States in a (expletive) body bag or I will.”

“Cause and effect. Trump being a monster to humanity caused this family suffering, and they might never choose to have children because of him Affect we’re going to (expletive) kill Trump on public television so the world sees what we do to (expletive) monsters and then we’re gonna hang him from the Statue of Liberty until his pathetic bloated corpse rots off falls in the ocean, and I swept out the to see with humanities trash. After what I just heard if Trump is not dead by 2026 I’m going to Mar-a-Lago and I’m going after myself.”

“If others have not taken care of you before the end of the year, Trump, I will, and I won’t make the mistake of not knowing where the (expletive) you are when I come for you. I’ll make sure you’re at Mar-a-Lago when I burn it to the (expletive) ground.”

“I burned a house to the ground once in my life on accident when I burn you to the ground, it will very much be by intention, and I will revel in it instead of regret it for the rest of my life.”

“Because killing is not wrong defending your life or putting down a predator you see taking others through murder. Which is why I’m coming for you, Trump. You’ve killed millions of people by proxy. And you’re a monster to (expletive) humanity and it is my mission in this life to end your (expletive) existence. And I won’t be murdering you I will be executing a monster. I will be fulfilling my constitutional duty to execute a criminal citizen that’s committed high treason just like the constitution tells me too, tells us all (expletive) too.”

“Trump either you’re dead by 2026 or I’m coming for you personally and if I’m the one that kills you, you’re gonna suffer you little (expletive) (expletive).”

Emerald was arrested Wednesday morning by special agents and officers on FBI Boston’s Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The charge of interstate transmission of threatening communications can lead to a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.

During the 2024 campaign, Trump faced two assassination attempts.

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