President Donald Trump delivers the Memorial Day Address at the 157th National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Arlington, Va., as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, look on (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson).
A 32-year-old New York man is likely going to federal prison after admitting he threatened to assassinate Donald Trump and vowing to kill the president at the "first chance" he had. Jeffrey Scott Hamm Jr. pleaded guilty last week to one count of transmitting threats to injure another in interstate commerce, court records show.
As Law&Crime previously reported, Hamm made the graphically violent threats against Trump and others in a series of YouTube posts in January and February.
The investigation into Hamm began when Google notified the FBI on Feb. 24 about threatening statements made by an individual using the handle "@JusticePeaceUnity" that constituted "an emergency involving imminent death or serious bodily injury to a person or persons," the FBI said.
Federal investigators quickly identified Hamm, a Binghamton resident, as the individual behind the handle.
Hamm's threatening comments began on Jan. 8, when he posted, "I'll kill Donald Trump first chance i f—ing get."
The following day, he wrote that he had "1,000 rounds for ICE," adding, "I got my scope on them now."
Prosecutors said he also made a series of unlawful posts on Jan. 15, including:
"Kill All MAGA, Revolution""Kill ICE, kill MAGA, kill trump""2nd Amendment. We have every right to kill ICE agents""I'm gonna find you and shoot you MAGA""I'll kill a mother f—ing ICE agent""We have every right to shoot to kill the tyrannical government! 2nd Amendment motherf—ers!!!!"
The threats continued in February, with Hamm once again vowing to be on "the front lines" of a revolution targeting the president and his supporters. Between Feb. 15 and 16, he posted:
"I say imma pull my gun out and start shooting people over this s—.""Shoot to kill MAGA.""Trump is gonna be on his knees when I stick this piping hot metal rod in and out his throat.""Just know if you come to my door I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand pointing at ICE or some Federal Agent. I'm not going to a concentration camp."
In the final message at issue, Hamm wrote on Feb. 19 that he was "about to burn this entire government down," adding, "Probably this week I'm getting my guns out of storage and I'm gonna go shoot up ICE."
In a post-Miranda interview with federal investigators, Hamm confirmed he was the owner of the @JusticePeaceUnity handle and that he made those threatening statements against the president and others.
Hamm is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe in the Northern District of New York for his sentencing hearing on Jan. 20, 2027. He faces a maximum of five years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a maximum of three years of supervised release.