A
fanatical Donald Trump supporter, who was arrested by the FBI in Oregon this
week after repeatedly threatening to kill President Barack Obama and federal
agents, had multiple pipe bombs in his home, authorities alleged in court on
Friday.
John
Martin Roos, a 61-year-old from Oregon, has been charged with communication of
a threat in interstate commerce, and additional charges are likely forthcoming.
Roos first came onto the federal government’s radar after a “concerned citizen”
brought Roos’ Facebook and Twitter postings to the....
FBI’s attention in February,
according to an affidavit from Special Agent Jeffrey Gray. (Excerpts, below,
from Roos’ postings contain explicit language.)
In
one Jan. 31 Facebook post cited by the FBI, Roos referred to agents as
“pussies” and wrote he would “snipe them with hunting rifles everywhere.”
(Despite his threats to kill members of law enforcement, he also complained on
Facebook earlier this month about the “liberal media ... slamming police.”) In
a post in November that was also cited by the FBI, Roos spoke out against
accepting refugees and threatened to kill Obama.
“Obama
you goat fffing fudgepacker, the refugees are men of fighting age. Black lives
matter! Sure we need someone to pick cotton and wash cars. Paris, burn diseased
muslim neighborhoods to the ground and start over with human beings. Obama you
are on a hit list,” he wrote in a post that appears to have been removed.
Beyond
what was mentioned in the affidavit, Roos regularly posted on both Facebook and
Twitter about his support for Trump and his hatred for Obama, who he called a
“muslim faggot” and other derogatory terms. He indicated he wanted to kill
Obama’s family and made other racist and sexist statements about Michelle
Obama. He also made negative references to Attorney General Loretta Lynch,
singer Beyonce, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and reporter Michelle Fields, and
said he believed that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was killed
by Obama. He praised Ann Coulter and Stacey Dash, and posted several links to
posts on Breitbart.com.
He
regularly posted about his support for Trump, the leading Republican
presidential candidate. In one post mentioned in court filings, Roos stated
that he believed the establishment “is trying to steal the election” from
Trump. “All hail Donald Trump, the savior of America,” he wrote on Christmas
Eve. “I’ll bet he was born on Dec 25 just like Jesus.”
When
two FBI special agents visited him in March, Roos allegedly acknowledged making
the postings on social media, calling the threats a way he “blows off steam.”
He said he didn’t intend to harm anyone, but also that he would “punch Obama in
the nose” if he had the chance.
After
a federal judge signed off on a search warrant, FBI agents searched Roos’ home,
where he lives with a roommate. According to the affidavit they found “an AK-47
like firearm,” a rifle and shotgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a .45
caliber Glock hidden under a couch cushion. Four pipe bombs were found in a
white bucket next to Roos’ computer
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