Antifa sharpshooter charged with threatening to kill Trump in chilling assassination plot
A member of the far-left Antifa political movement was arrested for allegedly threatening and calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump.
Peter Stinson, a former Coast Guard lieutenant and sharpshooter, posted a slew of threats online against the president, according to a 19-age FBI affidavit filed on Friday.
He was arrested on Monday.
The Virginia resident wrote on May 9, 2025 that Trump needed to be 'Luigied,' referencing Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
He also allegedly made graphic threats against Trump on multiple social media platforms involving guns, knives and poisoning.
Stinson served in the United States Coast Guard for 33 years from 1988 until 2021. He was a sharpshooter and an instructor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during that time.
Now he lists on LinkedIn he's a coordinator for the MayDay Movement, which has the goal of impeaching and removing Trump as 47th U.S. president.
Investigators claim that Stinson 'self-identified as a member of Antifa,' short for 'anti-fascist.'
Stinson also made several references online to '8647,' which government officials recognized as a reference to an Instagram post made by former FBI Director James Comey.
The document written by an FBI task force officer stated: 'The post by Comey was interpreted in the news media as a violent threat to President Trump and prompted an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service.'
Stinson made 13 posts in reference to Comey's post, including the text '8647,' to the site Bluesky, which is the left-wing social media platform created in response to X.
Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. He was taken out by counter snipers – but not before the shooter killed a rally attendee and badly injured two others.
Based on the timing of that attempt on Trump's life and Stinson's social media posts, investigators found that the former Coast Guard officer was referencing the attack when he wrote: 'A missed opportunity will not come around again.'
Stinson referenced online on February 6, 2025 that he didn't have the 'necessary skills' to carry out an assassination and claimed that many people and groups were plotting action.
He suggested, however, in other posts that he does have those skills.
Stinson received firearms training in the Coast Guard and was awarded ribbons as a sharpshooter with a pistol and rifle.
In recent years, federal prosecutors have brought charges against those who have levied threats against Trump and former President Joe Biden, as well as other government officials.
If convicted, those charged with threatening a president can face up to five years in prison. Judges can and have given out lighter sentences for those convicted.
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