North Carolina man charged with threatening to assassinate Biden

A man from North Carolina who has been charged with threatening to assassinate President Biden also allegedly threatened Secret Security agents and others in the White House. 

A federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday shows Kyle Reeves of Gastonia is being charged with threatening the president, facing up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, a Justice Department press release states.

The affidavit was unsealed after a hearing for Reeves’s case in the Western District of North Carolina under U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler.

It says the threats first began on Jan. 28, when Reeves called the White House switchboard and said, “I am going to f—–g kill you all. F— the White House. I am going to chop your heads off.”

Secret Service special agent John Robinson said he called Reeves on Feb. 1 to discuss the threats, with Reeves responding he had freedom of speech and was allowed to say what he did.

Reeves called Robinson back that same day, the affidavit says, to double down on his threats.

Robinson said that Reeves “stated he is going to continue to call and threaten people. I cannot stop him, my government cannot stop him, and no country in the world can stop him.” 

Reeves also allegedly called back the White House switchboard on Feb. 1 to continue his threats and said, “I’m going to come kill the president.”

He also called Robinson back on Feb. 2, saying he wanted to be arrested and then would kill Robinson when he got out of jail, prosecutors said.

The public defender representing Reeves told The New York Times that he is receiving mental health evaluations and pleaded not guilty.