Tyler Leveque, a 38-year-old man from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced to approximately 10 months in federal prison—specifically 324 days or time served, whichever is less—for posting violent threats against President Donald Trump on social media in early January 2025, just before the second inauguration.
Case Details
Leveque pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency. U.S. District Judge Kea W. Riggs, a Trump appointee, imposed the sentence on December 3, 2025, along with three years of supervised release. His posts escalated across TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook, prompting investigations by the U.S. Secret Service and FBI.
Threats Described
On January 2, Leveque posted a TikTok video expressing hatred toward groups, warning they should be “f—ing scared,” stating “I don’t care if I die,” and ending with “Run, run.” On X that day, he replied “Die” to a Trump post and on January 3 wrote threats like “[Donald Trump] I got my eyes on you sir! Cant wait for your Victory rally! The 19th right!? Lol you and your rich friends are dead no threat a promise.” Additional posts on January 4 referenced buying a gun and preparing for violence, though he had not yet obtained it when agents visited his home on January 6.
Additional threats posted to Facebook on Jan. 4 included:
- “Just bought my first gun b—es!”
- “Hey world hey America hey trump hey ceos get rich we are hunting you down! Hahaha I’m getting ready myself! Here we come it ends now”
- “The 19th we march the sts to our state offices and demand change they are threatening shutting down the power grid on us! F— them! If ur there see ya! If not! U disappoint me and wish u the best I more than likely will die or be thrown in jail but unlike u all I am fighting for what’s right!”
Tyler Leveque also targeted Elon Musk with a threat on X on January 3, 2025, stating, “it’s too late for yall shouldve shut down tik tok a long time ago see u on the 19thfor war!””its too late for yall shouldve shut down tik tok a long time ago see u on the 19thfor war!” He pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of making threats against President Donald Trump, leading to the dropping of two additional counts related to interstate communications containing threats.
Leveque’s plea agreement stated that between January 2 and January 4, 2025, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, he knowingly posted recordings and messages on social media threatening to kill then President-elect Donald Trump. The agreement included his admission that he understood these words as true threats under federal law and that the statements were made knowingly and willfully. President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term on January 20, 2025.
