Florida man hit with charges after allegedly threatening Trump, Swalwell and Powell
A man in Florida who allegedly threatened President Donald Trump, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was indicted this month, NBC News reported Wednesday.
Diego Villavicencio now faces a four-count indictment, which was filed last week in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Tallahassee Division. The indictment alleges that Villavicencio threatened Swalwell and wrote "I’ll kill you and your family and you won’t do anything about it" and also threatened an unnamed person and wrote that they would "be shot and killed September 23."
Villavicencio allegedly also threatened Trump and wrote the following: “I’ll be driving there to take a couple of shots at trump and some other corrupt plutocrats.”
Swalwell, a current 2026 candidate for California governor and vocal critic of the president, has confirmed that an unnamed member of Congress cited in the indictment was him, according to NBC News. Swalwell was an impeachment manager in Trump's second impeachment trial and has been the target of multiple threats. Swalwell also said that Attorney General Pam Bondi had "refused" to prosecute threats against him and discussed it with her during her testimony to congressional leaders.
“The aim of this threat was to silence me,” Swalwell told NBC News. “Political violence has never been the answer. And it never will be. My family and I are grateful to the Department of Justice for their attention to this violent threat.”
Powell appeared to be another unnamed person in the criminal complaint. An FBI affidavit revealed that one of the posts had read "Jerome is next." That threat, which came before the Sept. 23 Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce 2025 Economic Outlook Luncheon where Powell was a speaker, was reported to the FBI by a senior agent.
Villavicencio was arrested last month. His trial is scheduled for May.
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