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CONCORD, N.H. - A Federal Aviation Administration employee allegedly sent an email to the White House threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
Dean DelleChiaie of Nashua, New Hampshire, was expected to make an initial court appearance Tuesday on a charge of interstate communication of a threat against the president, according to The Associated Press.
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Citing federal prosecutors, the AP reported that DelleChiaie, 35, sent a message on April 21 using his personal email account in which he identified himself and said he was going to "neutralize/kill" the president.
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Court documents obtained by The Associated Press revealed that Dean DelleChiaie used his work computer in January to research information about how to get a gun into a federal facility, the percentage of the population that wants the president dead, the location of the vice president’s home and the names of his children.
DelleChiaie asked the FAA’s information technology department to delete his search history, but the unit instead reported the request to authorities, and he was suspended.
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On Feb. 3, DelleChiaie was interviewed at his home, and he confessed to performing the online searches and was contrite, Secret Service Special Agent Nathaneal Gamble wrote.
The AP reported that DelleChiaie also told authorities he owned three guns, was depressed and that while he was upset with the Trump administration, he had no interest in assassinations.
DelleChiaie was arrested on May 4, a little over a week after a man with guns and knives attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Cole Thomas Allen was charged in the White House incident, in which a Secret Service officer was shot and injured.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by The Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.