"Ellis Boyle, the U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that he charged another person for threats, Christopher James Hill. Hill is the fourth person Boyle charged with threats against Trump or an aide. Richard David Warren: Threats (apparently against Tom Homan and Todd Lyons) on June 2, 2025, indicted by Lori Warlick on April 21, 2026, arrested May 7, announced May 8. Jim Comey: Threats alleged on May 15, 2025, indicted by Matthew Petracca on April 28, 2026, announced same day in big presser."
"Daniel R. Swain: Threats alleged in complaint obtained by Secret Service affiant on April 30, announced May 4, 2026. Christopher James Hill: Threats alleged from October 3-13, 2025, indicted by Kevin Gerarde on April 23, 2026, arrested May 5, announced May 18, 2026. Now, I'm not saying that Boyle is sucking up to Donald Trump by charging all these threats (though it appears he charges very little that doesn't fit Trump's priorities, and every single foreigner has been labeled as such in his announcements)."
"But I do find the flood of recent threat cases to be of some interest, given that they should resemble each other. For example, in no other case did Boyle announce the charges right away, much less with the Acting Attorney General - not even Daniel Swain who was arrested as an imminent threat based on the delusional threats he had written on his car windows. Hill was arrested weeks ago, but they just announced his indictment today, upon his pretrial release."
"With Hill - the guy indicted on roughly the same schedule as Comey - they didn't describe the alleged threat. (His release conditions order mental health treatment and prohibit social media use.) With Warren, who made threats on the same day against two DC officials - probably Tom Homan and Todd Lyons - they barely describe the threats. Comey is the only one for whom there is"
Ellis Boyle, serving as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced charges against Christopher James Hill for threats. Hill is the fourth person Boyle charged for threats against Donald Trump or an aide. Richard David Warren was indicted for threats on June 2, 2025, and was arrested May 7 with an announcement May 8. Jim Comey was alleged to have made threats on May 15, 2025, and was indicted April 28, 2026, with an announcement the same day. Daniel R. Swain was alleged to have made threats based on a Secret Service affiant and was announced May 4, 2026. Christopher James Hill was alleged to have made threats from October 3 to 13, 2025, was indicted April 23, 2026, arrested May 5, and announced May 18, 2026.
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