Category: Allegations

Florida Man Arrested Following Tip Alleging He Made ‘Violent’ Threats Against Trump

(Photo via; West Palm Beach Police)
(Photo via; West Palm Beach Police)

OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:12 PM – Saturday, January 25, 2025

A Florida man has been arrested after allegedly making “violent” threats against President Donald Trump.

On Saturday, the West Palm Beach Police stated that Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, was arrested after a tip provided to the authorities accused him of threatening to kill the president on social media. 

He is currently facing one count of making written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism. 

Atkins is also facing a drug possession charge after detectives found cocaine on him at the time of the arrest.

West Palm Beach Police stated that they began their investigation on January 19th after a tip sent to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center reported a man in Okeechobee, later identified as Atkins, making violent Facebook posts aimed towards Trump.

According to WPEC, authorities stated that Atkins said something along the lines of “Lincoln, JFK, Reagan, Martin Luther King, and Trump. Unfortunately, one is still alive.” Another post by Atkins allegedly stated “Bullets, please. Jesus! Save America” and “I’ve been banned from X because I said I hope and pray someone kills him. We haven’t had an assassination in years.”

(Photo via; West Palm Beach Police)

The inquiry, which led police to Atkins, was started on January 20 by a detective from the West Palm Beach Police who was attached to the FBI task team. Detectives had been keeping an eye on Atkins during the inquiry before his arrest on Friday night.

Atkins was driving a white 2013 BMW 750Li when he was stopped during a traffic stop close to his West Palm Beach residence just before 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to West Palm Beach Police.

Atkins acknowledged creating the posts online during his interrogation with police. He was subsequently brought to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Main Detention Center, where he is being held on the aforementioned counts. The U.S. Secret Service was also informed by detectives, and they will decide if Atkins will be charged with any federal offenses.

Voter registration records show that Atkins voted Democrat since at least 2008.

Atkins’ arrest comes months after Trump survived two assassination attempts, including a shooting during a Butler, Pennsylvania rally in July in which a bullet grazed his ear. 

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Trump Warns Cheney of Dire Consequences Amid Witness Tampering Allegations in Jan. 6 Probe

ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 21: Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks at a town hall with Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on October 21, 2024 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Cheney joined Vice President Harris for stops Monday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks at a town hall with Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on October 21, 2024 in Royal Oak, Michigan. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

OAN Staff James Meyers
10:55 AM – Wednesday, December 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump says that former GOP Representative Liz Cheney could face harsh consequences after a House panel called for her to be investigated by the FBI for possible witness tampering while on a Democrat-led committee investigating the January 6th, 2021, protest.

“Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that 'numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI,” Trump posted on Truth Social early Wednesday.

His comments came just hours after the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee, led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), issued an interim report on Tuesday calling for the Justice Department to investigate Cheney’s actions before Trump is set to take back the White House. 

Cheney had purportedly exchanged calls and text messages with Cassidy Hutchinson, a first-term White House aide to then-President Trump, using the encrypted app “Signal” just weeks before her June 2022 testimony. However, the majority of the “incriminating” information that Cheney claimed to have learned was later proven false, House Republicans have previously highlighted.

Nevertheless, it’s still up in the air regarding whether Trump’s nominees to lead the Justice Department will act on the committee’s recommendation.

“Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge,” the report from Chairman Loudermilk said.

The former Wyoming rep’s communications with Hutchinson were illegal and were “outside the due functioning of the legislative process and therefore not protected by the Speech and Debate clause,” Loudermilk argued.

Additionally, Hutchinson testified publicly, claiming that she was told Trump was so enraged when Secret Service agents refused to drive him to the U.S. Capitol on the day of the protest that he allegedly “lunged” for the steering wheel. 

However, those claims were proven false by photographs from the day, which showed that Hutchinson had misidentified the vehicle where the alleged encounter took place. The driver later confirmed that Hutchinson’s testimony was false.

Whether her testimony was purposely invented or simply a misunderstanding is still being debated.

Meanwhile, Cheney remarked on the matter Tuesday afternoon, accusing Loudermilk of “lies and defamatory allegations.” She is also reportedly on President Joe Biden’s list of people to preemptively pardon before he leaves the White House. 

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