A 21-year-old Vermont man is facing federal charges after allegedly telling the FBI he planned to kill President Donald Trump, according to court documents filed by federal prosecutors.
Keegan Lagasse, of Richford, allegedly submitted an online tip to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center on Nov. 9 that read, “This is Keegan I willdo that s— f— Donald trump,” according to the federal complaint. He went on to write, “I’m gonna murder all Them.”
The complaint also quotes Lagasse as writing, “This is Keegan im gonna shoot Him in the head or im gonna plant a bomb and blow up the White House soon,” referring to the president. He allegedly added, “Murder for hire I might have someone else Kill Him.”
Months later, on Aug. 24, 2026, the threat center received another online submission that investigators believe came from Lagasse. Prosecutors say the tip again listed “Keegan Lagasse” as both the person filing the complaint and its subject, with the message simply stating, “Im gonna kill trump.”
In a motion seeking Lagasse’s detention filed last week, prosecutors acknowledged he may not have had the means to actually carry out every threat he made. Still, they argued that the pattern of repeated threats — and the law enforcement response each one triggered — made the situation serious enough to warrant holding him without bail.
Federal prosecutors also allege that a few weeks before threatening to shoot up a local high school, Lagasse posted a video showing himself holding what appeared to be a rifle on social media. The Justice Department pointed to this, along with his history of similar threats, in arguing for detention.
Court records lay out a string of earlier incidents. In October 2023, Lagasse is accused of threatening to bomb three Vermont schools — Richford, Missisquoi and Essex High Schools. By February 2024, he allegedly threatened to blow up the Cadillac Motel in St. Albans City and to shoot people there.
The following September, prosecutors say Lagasse threatened to bomb a Maple Fields convenience store in St. Albans, along with Richford High School. Then in November 2024, he reportedly posted online that he intended to “shoot up” Richford.
According to the Justice Department’s detention filing, Lagasse later admitted to investigators that he had contacted the FBI tip line and said he hated the president and planned to kill him, following the threat made in November 2025. Prosecutors also say that this past July, he told state police dispatchers he had previously made threats involving bombs and the president.
Lagasse now faces a federal charge of willfully threatening to kill or harm the president of the United States. A judge has ordered him held without bail, and he’s scheduled to appear in court again on Oct. 5 for arraignment and a preliminary hearing.
