Federal prosecutors in Rhode Island are asking a judge to lock up a man accused of repeatedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and other senior officials, saying he remains a danger to the public and to the people he allegedly targeted.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan has requested an arrest warrant for 37-year-old Carl D. Montague, arguing that he has repeatedly violated the conditions of his pretrial release. Montague was first arrested on July 9 on charges that include making threats against the president, making interstate threats, and threatening U.S. officials with the intent to interfere with their official duties.
As reported by Law&Crime, Montague allegedly posted a violent message on June 27 on Trump’s Truth Social platform using the handle “tacoustic,” threatening to kill the president, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
According to prosecutors, the post read in part:
It’s a shame you won’t get to see the end of your f—ing term, because I’m gonna make sure I put a bullet [right] between your f—ing head you piece of s—, you, Pam Bondi. Stephen f—ing miller, all you b—s are gonna get a f—ing bullet to the head every single f—ing one of you.
Investigators linked the “tacoustic” username to a Gmail account in Providence, Rhode Island. After issuing an emergency disclosure request, Google provided the Secret Service with an associated IP address. Agents then conducted further investigative work and say they identified Montague as the person behind the account and the threat.
When federal agents went to arrest him, they found Montague hiding in a bathtub in his apartment.
“Montague began confessing to making threats before agents were able to introduce themselves or explained why they were there,” investigators wrote in an affidavit. They said Montague told them he had been “smoking a lot of marijuana” when he posted the message and claimed he deleted his Truth Social account afterward. He allegedly said he was upset with current politics and vented his anger on the platform.
According to the affidavit, Montague did not cite a specific reason for targeting Miller and Bondi. He allegedly told agents he had simply seen their names in other posts and threads and then included them in his own post.
Montague appeared in court on July 9 and was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. As part of his release conditions, the judge ordered him to wear a GPS monitor, stay in his apartment from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., abstain from alcohol, and seek employment, court documents state.
In a filing submitted on Nov. 25, prosecutors said Montague “has four times violated his conditions of pretrial release by consuming alcohol” and has also failed to comply with the requirement that he look for work.
“Further, most recently, on November 21, 2025, the defendant called the location monitoring line after hours, advised he had been drinking and that he was going to self-report for treatment,” prosecutors wrote. “Significantly, during the call, he directed profane language at the United States Probations Office to whom he was speaking.”
