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Albuquerque, NM(KKOB) – An Albuquerque man was sentenced to nearly 10 months in federal prison for using social media to make violent threats against the President.
According to court documents, between January 2 and 4, 2025, Tyler Leveque, 38, made a series of social media posts threatening to kill then President-Elect Trump.
The first of the threats, appeared in a TikTok video posted on January 2, 2025. In the video, Leveque made statements indicating his dislike for several people and groups of people. Leveque stated these people should be “f***ing scared,” that he didn’t care if he died, and his willingness to die is what should frighten them the most.
Another video was posted on January 3, 2025, where, according to federal court documents, he made threats on the social media platform “X” (formerly “Twitter”) stating the following
- “@realDonaldTrump I got my eyes on you sir! Cant wait for your Victory rally! The 19th right!? Lol you and your rich friends are dead no threat a promise”
- “Hey @celebrities @ceos @elonmusk @DonaldTrump @Joemarafa its too late for yall shouldve shut down tik tok a long time ago see u on the 19thfor war!”
- In response to a January 2, 2025, post from President-Elect Trump, Leveque wrote “Die”
The last post was on January 4, 2025 on a Facebook post,
- “Just bought my first gun bitches!”
- “Hey world hey America hey trump hey ceos get rich we are hunting you down! Hahaha I’m getting ready myself! Here we come it ends now”
- “The 19th we march the sts to our state offices and demand change they are threatening shutting down the power grid on us! Fuck them! If ur there see ya! If not! U disappoint me and wish u the best I more than likely will die or be thrown in jail but unlike u all I am fighting for what’s right!
Although Leveque defended his actions stating his belief that his online activity was constitutionally protected, law enforcement explained that his posts had crossed the line into threats, which are not protected under the First Amendment. There is no parole in the federal court system.
