From Fox News: An Oregon man is back in police custody after threatening to “kill the president” in a slew of text messages to his probation officer.
Diedrich Holgate, 47, was convicted and sentenced last July after making threats on social media and placing several direct calls to the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office, threatening to kill then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and then-President Joe Biden.
In a June 2024 call to the Secret Service, Holgate said, “I have the right to kill the president.”
“I will kill everyone,” Holgate said, according to the federal indictment. “The president is going to die. I don’t care if it is Trump or Biden. I will hang everyone for treason.”
Two months after that incident, Holgate called the field office again, threatening to “hang his a** for treason” and saying that no one was safe from him, including the First Lady and Supreme Court justices, the report explains.
After spending time behind bars, Holgate was released on January 21 and ordered to live in a halfway house.
However, Holgate continued making threats to kill the president, sending texts to his probation officer. Some of the messages included:
- “Trump’s gonna fkn pardon me or I’ll kill him!!!!”
- “You’re with me or You’re a traitor & infidel that’s taken the Mark of the beast. & Hell? That won’t last forever. Second death. You’ll be erased.”
Holgate also failed to report to a meeting with his probation officer and left the halfway house. Now he’s back in custody, with a new hearing scheduled for Thursday, March 26.
The threats have been occurring for several years, as the report notes that Holgate was also convicted in 2018 for sending threatening voicemails to two judges in Travis County, Texas.
Holgate had an X account where he made a slew of wild and threatening posts, including photos of himself. The account is still up, although nothing has been posted there since Oct. 2024.
On August 24, 2024, (during the Biden administration), he had written, “Son of Allah Divine Sovereign. Right to kill president I don’t care whether it’s Trump or Harris. Get the fuck outta My way! Patriot Act invoked!”
He posted many similar creepy statements over several months in 2024.
Son of Allah Divine Sovereign. Right to kill president I don’t care whether it’s Trump or Harris. Get the fuck outta My way! Patriot Act invoked!
— Diedrich J Holgate (@HolgateDiedrich) August 24, 2024
On Sept. 20, 2024 he wrote, “@SecretService whose fault is it that I have the right to kill the president!?”
&@SecretService whose fault is it that I have the right to kill the president!?
— Diedrich J Holgate (@HolgateDiedrich) September 20, 2024
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