US EditionMan Arrested over Online Posts Calling for Trump's Execution
Trent Schneider faces up to five years for online threats linked to personal financial stress and foreclosure, authorities said.
- On Monday, Trent Schneider, 57, was taken into custody at his Winthrop Harbor, Illinois home after the Secret Service and a Lake County Sheriff's Office SWAT team executed search and arrest warrants; federal authorities in Chicago processed him and held his initial court appearance.
- Facing foreclosure, Schneider repeatedly referenced an auction date of 11.04 in social posts while public and court records confirm his home, located about one mile from the Wisconsin border, is in foreclosure and a Rocket Mortgage case lists Nov. 4 online.
- On Oct. 16 Schneider posted a video to Instagram threatening to acquire guns and harm people he named, while reposting a cartoon image of President Donald Trump roughly 20 times with a caption referencing 11.04.
- Schneider faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted and prosecutors are seeking his detention pending trial, with a detention hearing set for November 6.
- The U.S. Secret Service is leading the protective intelligence investigation and credited the Lake County Sheriff's Office and Winthrop Harbor Police Department for their assistance.
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Man Detained Over Repeated Threats to Execute Trump.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Trent Schneider, 57, was arrested and charged with threatening President Donald J. Trump after posting threatening content online.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Trent Schneider, President Trump, and law enforcement officials.WHEN & WHERE: The threats were posted between October 16 and 21, 2025, and Schneider was arrested at his Illinois home following a tip from Florida.KEY QUOTE: Schneider’s posts included the caption, “THIS IS NO…
Illinois man faces foreclosure on his home. What he posts about Trump on Instagram 20 times lands him in federal custody
A man from the Chicago suburbs is sitting in federal jail after he posted videos on Instagram threatening President Donald Trump. Trent Schneider, 57, lives in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. Police arrested him on Monday morning. He is charged with making threats to hurt someone across state lines. He went to court and a judge said he has to stay locked up until his next hearing on November 6, 2025. Court papers that were made public on Monday show …
Deranged Instagram user Trent Schneider arrested in SWAT raid for repeated threats to ‘execute’ President Trump
A deranged Instagram user with a history of making violent threats has been busted for repeatedly posting a video saying he planned to "execute" President Trump, according to the feds.
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