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Exclusive: ‘Trump, I’ma Kill You’: Watch the Videos That Led to Man's Arrest

Ngo Comment has exclusively obtained the video threats by the North Carolina suspect
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Andy Ngo
Jun 22, 2026
Cross-posted by Ngo Comment
"Andy Ngo’s reporting on the North Carolina Trump threat case is another reminder that political violence does not grow in a vacuum. A man allegedly posted videos threatening to kill President Trump with homemade explosives, and authorities reportedly found items matching materials shown in those videos. That is not “heated rhetoric.” That is not performance art. That is not resistance. That is alleged criminal threat-making in a country where assassination attempts and terror plots against Trump-world have already become far too real. The media cannot keep pretending the danger only comes from one direction."
- Richard Luthmann

WASHINGTON — A man in North Carolina has been federally charged for making multiple threats on social media videos to kill President Donald Trump with homemade IEDs.

According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes, 33, of Georgia state, allegedly posted videos on Facebook between May and June in which he promised to kill the President.

I have obtained several of the video threats that are cited in the complaint.

Mugshot of Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes, a 33-year-old Black man with dreadlocks, a beard, and wearing a blue shirt.
Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes

After local authorities detained Carnes in Raleigh, N.C., a police bomb squad searched his vehicle. A police dog alerted them to the possible presence of explosives. Officers recovered an empty PVC pipe and metal pin matching items shown in the videos, according to the complaint.

Carnes is charged with threatening the president in violation of federal law, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

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