Federal prosecutors in Rhode Island are asking a judge to lock up a man already accused of vowing to assassinate President Donald Trump and other senior officials, arguing he remains a danger to the public and to the people he allegedly threatened.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan has urged a federal judge to issue an arrest warrant for 37-year-old Carl D. Montague, saying he has repeatedly broken the rules of his pretrial release. Montague was first arrested on July 9 on charges that include threatening the president, making interstate threats, and threatening federal officials in an effort to interfere with their work.
As previously reported, prosecutors say Montague posted a June 27 message on Trump’s Truth Social platform under the username “tacoustic,” where he allegedly threatened to kill Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
According to investigators, 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.”
Agents say they traced the “tacoustic” account to a Gmail address in Providence and, after submitting an emergency disclosure request, Google provided an IP address that led them to Montague. Further investigative work allegedly confirmed he was the person behind the threats.
When federal agents went to arrest him, they say they found Montague hiding in a bathtub in his apartment. In an affidavit, investigators wrote that he began admitting to making the threats even before agents fully identified themselves or explained why they were there. According to that filing, Montague said he had been smoking a lot of marijuana when he sent the message, later deleted his Truth Social account, and was venting about politics. He allegedly told agents he had no specific reason for targeting Miller and Bondi, other than seeing their names in earlier posts.
Montague appeared in court on July 9 and was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. As part of his conditions, a judge ordered him to wear a GPS ankle monitor, stay inside his home from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., avoid alcohol, and look for work.
In a Nov. 25 court filing, prosecutors said Montague has “four times violated his conditions of pretrial release by consuming alcohol” and has failed to follow the requirement that he seek employment. They also detailed a Nov. 21 phone call in which Montague allegedly phoned the location-monitoring line after hours, admitted he had been drinking and planned to self-report for treatment, and then directed profane language at the U.S. Probation Office employee on the call.
Prosecutors now say those repeated violations justify revoking his bond and sending him back into custody while the case moves forward.
