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A man from Ohio has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance during a visit to the state.
Shannon Mathre, 31, of Toledo, Ohio, was arrested on Thursday by the Secret Service.
He is accused of threatening to kill Vance during a visit to the state at the beginning of January.
Mathre is alleged to have planned to locate the Vice President and “use my M14 automatic gun and kill him.”
During their investigation of Mathre, prosecutors say they also discovered digital child-sex-abuse materials in his possession.
He is charged with making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, and receipt and distribution of child pornography.
“Anyone threatening this kind of action will face swift justice and prosecution,” David Toepfer, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, said in a statement.
“We commend the actions of our local and state law enforcement who collaborated with U.S. Secret Service to take this individual into custody.”
Mathre’s attorney claims the charges against his client as a “farce” because of his physical and mental condition.
“Anyone that spends any time in a room with Mr. Mathre or has any knowledge of his condition—physical condition, mental condition—can see that it’s a farce,” the attorney said.
He said his client has “some mental disabilities and a variety of other conditions.”
The Vice President has faced multiple threats since the beginning of the year.
William DeFoor, 26, was arrested in the first week of January after allegedly damaging a car and four windows at Vance’s home in Cincinnati.
