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  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>A Chicago man will appear in federal court Friday to face charges of threatening President Trump and Secret Service agents. </p><p>Michael Kovco, 29, is accused of sending a message through the White House website, threatening Trump and one of Trump's sons — then using that same website to threaten the Secret Service agent who came to his home to investigate the first threat, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office.</p><p>According to the release, Kovco sent the first threat on March 17, signing it: “Mr. I’m going to [expletive] kill your child Kovco.\"</p><p>That prompted the visit from a Secret Service agent and two other officers. Then, on March 19, according to the U.S. attorney's office, Kovco sent another message to the official White House website, and it included a threat against the Secret Service agent who had come to his door. \"I’m going to buy a small concealable firearm and go shoot up his place of work,\" the message said, according to the release.</p><p>“It is never acceptable to threaten a law enforcement officer, political figure or a member of their family,” U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros was quoted as saying in a news release announcing the arrest. “Under my watch, political violence will be dealt with as the serious federal crime that it is.”</p><p>“The U.S. Secret Service’s top priority is safeguarding the president of the United States and all those we protect,” Dai Tran, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Chicago Field Office, was quoted as saying in a news release. “We take any threats seriously and aggressively pursue them to ensure our protectees’ safety.\"</p><p>Kovco was arrested on April 3 and charged with transmitting a threat via interstate commerce.</p>",
  "title": "Chicago man accused of threatening Trump, Secret Service agents",
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