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[. . .] Last night, Bill Melugin reported on the arraignment of Robert King, whom FBI agents arrested after a tip. King allegedly threatened to assassinate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and attempted to recruit others to the cause. King didn’t have much luck influencing friends, keeping family on his side, or amusing the Department of Justice (via Twitchy):

In an oh-so-amusing twist, it turns out that King’s brother-in-law and landlord used to work as a Customs and Border Patrol agent. Oops!

Gee, I wonder who might have called the FBI’s tip line. Hmmm. It might also partly explain why King left the courtroom crying.

The DoJ certainly took it seriously, too. They filed a felony indictment under 18 USC 875(c) for transmitting threats over “interstate communications,” a crime which carries up to five years in prison per count:

Robert Wilson King, 35, was charged on April 3, 2025, via criminal complaint with transmitting an interstate threat. King made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver this morning and was detained pending a detention hearing set for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.

According to the complaint, on March 29, 2025, King allegedly posted a threat on a social media platform, stating, “If I see ICE agents in my neighborhood I’m opening fire. It’s time to stop being p****** and put the second amendment to work.  ICE are not real cops, they are a secret police force with no real legal authority. Kill them.”

Later, King allegedly posted on another social media platform that he wanted to “double down” on his threat to shoot and kill ICE agents.

Read the whole article at Hot Air for another “heartwarming” story.