(WWJ) A Flint-area man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
A seven-page criminal complaint filed in federal court in Detroit alleges that Jeffrey Cox of Grand Blanc, Michigan sent 18 threatening emails last Saturday to the U.S. Navy.
Some of the emails described what Cox planned to do, according to court documents — including that he would steal an aircraft and crash it into the U.S. Naval Reservation in San Diego, California
Authorities said Cox also wrote that he'd put a bomb in the White House,
"There is a bomb in the White House set to detonate Monday, May 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM. I either placed it near the main White House gates or in the White House itself. I plan to assassinate the President and the Vice President. Nobody can stop me," one email said.
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Along with the Navy, the feds said Mott Community College in Flint also received a threatening email about a bomb from Cox.
The feds say Cox, who was arrested in his home, admitted to sending the threatening messages.
It's alleged the told federal investigators he sent the emails to "calm himself down," but said he did not intend to carry out the threats.
