ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — A Binghamton man pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats to kill President Trump earlier this week.
Jeffrey Scott Hamm, Jr., 33, from Binghamton, New York, pleaded guilty on September 16, to transmitting threats to injure another in interstate commerce.
Part of his guilty plea, Hamm admitted that on multiple dates in early 2026 he used his cellphone to access the Internet and post comments to an online video sharing platform threatening to kill or injure President Trump and ICE agents.
In one of his online posts, Hamm stated that he intended to kill the President “the first chance I **** get.”
Hamm was arrested by FBI agents after security staff at the online video sharing company alerted the FBI to Hamm’s threats.
First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III stated: “Threats to kill or injure President Trump or any federal law enforcement officers in my District will not be tolerated. As soon as we learned that the defendant had posted these violent threats on the internet, FBI agents working with my Office quickly located Hamm and arrested him.”
“The American public needs to know online threats of violence are illegal and will not be tolerated,” said Craig Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albany Field Office. “Online platforms provide a space for sharing information and ideas, but when those ideas cross over into threats of violence, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) will find you and hold you accountable.”
Hamm’s sentencing is scheduled for January 20, 2027, in front of the U.S. District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe in the Northern District of New York.
He faces a maximum term of 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.
The FBI investigated the case with assistance from the U.S. Secret Service.