Dean DelleChiaie, 35, a resident of Nashua, New Hampshire, and an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.
DelleChiaie was charged via criminal complaint with one count of interstate communication of a threat against the president. He was arrested on May 4 and made an initial court appearance in U.S. district court in New Hampshire the following day.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, the case began when DelleChiaie conducted internet searches on his government-issued FAA work computer between January 20 and January 29, 2026. The searches included terms such as “how to get a gun into a federal facility,” “previous assassination attempts against the President,” “the percentage of the population that wants the President dead,” “countdown timers/clocks estimating the President’s death,” and the phrase “I am going to kill Donald John Trump.”
Additional searches sought “the location of the Vice President’s home and the names and ages of his children” and “the location of the Secretary of War’s home and the names and ages of his children,” according to the criminal complaint.
After performing the searches, DelleChiaie requested that the FAA IT department delete his search history. The FAA reported the activity to law enforcement, which soon led to his suspension.
On February 3, 2026, U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in Charge Kerry Meade and a Nashua Police Department officer interviewed DelleChiaie at his apartment. During the interview, he admitted to conducting the searches on his work computer.
He expressed remorse, stating that “he realized he should not search these subjects and that it was crazy for him to do this on his work computer.” DelleChiaie told investigators he was motivated by being “upset with the current administration based on multiple subjects, including the election, presidential pardons, and the ‘Epstein files.’”
He also stated “he had no interest in assassinations but he did conduct a search about assassinations because it was part of the cycle that was going on in his mind.”
DelleChiaie further disclosed that he owned three firearms: a handgun kept in a safe at his home, and a hunting rifle and another handgun at a friend’s residence. Investigators observed handwritten notes on a whiteboard in his apartment that included the phrases “Calm down more,” “1-month no arrest by police,” “Go DC to office if they do not action,” and “Say arrest me ‘I am going to murder Donald John Trump – per defense of oath.’”
On April 21, 2026, DelleChiaie allegedly sent an email from his personal account, [email protected], to the White House’s public-facing email address. The subject line read “Contact the President.” The body of the message stated: “I, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you – Donald John Trump – because you decided to kill kids – and say that it was War – when in reality – it is terrorism. God knows your actions and where you belong,” prosecutors said.
If convicted, DelleChiaie faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
