November 10, 2025
ATLANTA — A Floyd County man on probation following convictions for making terroristic threats and other crimes was arrested Friday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Jauan Rashun Porter, 29, of Rome, was jailed pending a hearing in federal court scheduled for Tuesday.
According to information presented in court, Porter joined a TikTok livestream about Trump captioned “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades that opened last month. At one point, Porter allegedly said, “So, there’s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump’s eyes.”
When asked by the livestream host about federal agents coming to his door, Porter allegedly said, “I’m gonna kill them, too.”
“The allegations against Porter are serious and required a swift, decisive, and collaborative response,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said. “We do not tolerate threats against public officials or law enforcement officers, and Porter will now face the consequences of his actions.”
A search of Porter’s apartment found Tannerite (an explosive), two pipes, and pistol ammunition. Porter was convicted previously for terroristic threats, influencing a witness, mutiny in a penal institution, drug possession, battery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and domestic violence.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service. The Floyd County Police Department, the county District Attorney’s Office, and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision aided in the investigation.
Trump was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt last summer on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and was unhurt in a second attempt on his life at his Florida golf course last September.
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