US EditionWisconsin man who killed his parents to fund Trump assassination attempt gets life in prison
Nikita Casap, radicalized online, was sentenced to life without parole for killing his parents to fund a failed drone assassination plot against President Trump, prosecutors said.
- On March 5, 2026, a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge sentenced Nikita Casap to life in prison with no parole after his January guilty plea to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
- Prosecutors say federal court filings describe a conspiracy aiming to start a 'political revolution,' with Casap's killings part of that effort to fund and carry out an assassination plot against President Donald Trump.
- After the killings, he stole passports, the family car, and $14,000, then was arrested in Kansas on Feb. 28 after four days on the run.
- Judge Ralph Ramirez denied parole eligibility after prosecutors said Casap is too dangerous while defense attorney Paul Rifelj asked for parole after at least 20 years.
- Investigators uncovered a self-described 'Accelerate the Collapse' manifesto, extremist imagery, and messages show Casap communicated with a Russian-speaking contact while planning to flee to Ukraine and sent $8,700 in bitcoin to a scammer.
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NBC WashingtonWisconsin teen who killed his parents to fund Trump assassination attempt gets life in prison
A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump with a bomb dropped from a drone was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in Waukesha County Circuit Court in connection with the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, in 2025. Prosecutors dropped s…
18-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS IN TRUMP PLOT
(Waukesha, Wisconsin) An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole after being convicted of killing his parents as part of a disturbing plot prosecutors say was tied to plans to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The teenager, Nikita Casap, was sentenced this week following his conviction for the murders of his mother and father. Prosecutors said the killings were part of a broader and “ex…
Wisconsin Man Who Shot Parents to Fund Trump Assassination Plot Gets Life in Prison
A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life in prison Wisconsin Man Who Shot Parents to Fund Trump Assassination Plot Gets Life in Prison.
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