'Blow up the White House': Texas man arrested for threats on Trump, Musk, and FBI agents

A man from Grimes County, Texas has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk, and FBI agents.

According to the arrest affidavit, Peter James Bloomfield of Iola is accused of operating an X account of the name @fenrisL18223, which the FBI was alerted to earlier this month after it posted a handful of slur- and obscenity-laced violent threats against public figures and federal agents.

Among the posts made by the account included: “Where’s the closest FBI office? Maybe I’ll kill several Agents since America is (expletive),” “I might spend my money to blow up the White House and kill some billionaire Jews,” and “I want to shoot someone even if it’s a Gay Zionist Jew, a MIGA Trump loving (slur), or a transgender Liberal (slur)."

An investigation of the account and emails linked to it reportedly traced back to Bloomfield. When law enforcement showed up at his home with a warrant, he told them, “I guess you’re here because I threatened to blow up the White House,” and said that he was acting out of fury over being an "incel."

He also "admitted to using the internet to research explosives and their effect on demolishing a building," according to the affidavit.

Grimes County happens to be the location of a controversial new chip facility for SpaceX, the private space exploration firm owned by Musk.