Butler man pleads guilty to threatening Trump, U.S. officials
A Butler man pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening President Donald Trump and other United States officials, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday, April 13.
Shawn Monper, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening to assault and murder government officials before U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
He was charged with four counts total.
Butler Township police and the FBI apprehended Monper on April 9, 2025, at a Morton Avenue home and seized three handguns he purchased in February and March 2025. The handguns were purchased around the same time Monper began threatening the president and U.S. officials on his YouTube channel.
His associated accounts were named “Mr. Satan.”
Monper made comments using his YouTube account, such as “I’m going to assassinate him myself” toward Trump, “ICE are terrorist people, we need to start killing them” and “Eventually im (sic) going to do a mass shooting.”
Monper is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 12 for up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.
