A 19-year-old New Mexico man is facing federal criminal charges for alleged violent threats made online shortly after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. (Caspar Benson / Getty Images)
A 19-year-old New Mexico man is facing federal charges after admitting to the FBI that he posted violent threats online in the wake of the recent shooting death of Charlie Kirk, including a threat toward an Ohio City Councilor, federal prosecutors announced Friday afternoon.
Jace Allen, of Jamestown, N.M., began making threatening posts on X, shortly after Kirk’s assassination at an event at Utah Valley in Orem, Utah on Sept. 10. Some of the exchanges mentioned Kirk’s death, including one from Allen, in which he said: “I will harm anyone who has something bad to say about Charlie.”…