New York Man Arrested After Livestreaming Threats to Kill Donald Trump Jr.
Prosecutors say James Gerald Eckert Jr. also made similar threats against other officials and is being held pending a July 20 detention hearing.
- On Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York charged 39-year-old James Gerald Eckert Jr. of Rochester with threatening to kill Donald Trump Junior during an alleged livestreamed video.
- Prosecutors allege that on June 18, Eckert posted threats in the group chat for the podcast Triggered with Donald Trump Jr. while livestreaming on Rumble, where he also directed threats toward the platform's CEO.
- The criminal complaint details earlier threats against local officials: a June 7 message to Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and a post four days later on the Facebook page of New York State Senator Samra Brouk.
- Eckert remains in custody pending a July 20 detention hearing and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted of threatening a member of the president's immediate family.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged three additional people with communicating interstate antisemitic threats since August 2025, with Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg stating threats based on religious beliefs will not be tolerated.
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Upstate New York man charged with threatening Donald Trump Jr.
An Upstate New York man has been busted for allegedly threatening to assassinate first son Donald Trump Jr. James Gerald Eckert Jr., 39, of Rochester, NY, allegedly used his full name while posting a series of chilling threats to President Trump’s oldest son in the group chat on Don Jr.’s podcast, federal prosecutors said Monday....
NEWS HEADLINES: DOJ Arrests NY Man Over Deadly Threat to Donald Trump Jr. – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Kaley
Once again, the Trump family has been targeted by serious death threats. This time, the DOJ has arrested and charged a 39-year-old man from Rochester, NY for threatening to kill President Trump’s son Donald Jr. Here are the details: James Gerald Eckert Jr. allegedly made the threats during a livestream of one of Don Jr.’s “Triggered” podcasts on Rumble last month. One of Don Jr.’s assigned Secret Service agents became aware of the threat when Ec…
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