“HE MUST BE EXECUTED”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY A LOS ANGELES PODCASTER REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HARASSED A FORMER TRUMP LAWYER’S FAMILY… AND HE HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED ON A THREE-COUNT FEDERAL INDICTMENT.
A Los Angeles podcaster has been federally indicted and arrested.
Prosecutors say he repeatedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump.
Authorities say he also targeted members of a former Trump attorney’s family.
The defendant has been identified as Benjamin Azariah Southworth.
On Thursday morning, federal authorities took Southworth into custody.
The arrest occurred at his apartment in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
A federal grand jury indicted Southworth on three counts.
The first count charges him with threats against the president.
The second count charges him with cyberstalking.
The third count charges him with harassing telephone calls in interstate communications.
Between January and May 2026, prosecutors allege that Southworth published threats of violence against Trump.
He allegedly used multiple digital platforms to distribute those threats.
Prosecutors allege he published threats on YouTube.
He allegedly used Instagram.
He allegedly published on TikTok.
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And prosecutors say he used a website to publish threats of violence against Trump.
In one April 7 Instagram video, Southworth allegedly said he had been “vocal in calling for the execution of Donald Trump”.
Prosecutors say he then explicitly called for Trump to be killed.
But prosecutors say the alleged conduct extended beyond the president.
The allegations also involve an attorney who had served as Trump’s personal lawyer.
In January, Southworth allegedly posted the home address of that attorney.
He also allegedly posted photographs of the residence.
Along with the address and photographs, Southworth allegedly posted the message, “No peace for traitors.”
Then authorities allege Southworth spent months directing abuse at the lawyer’s relatives.
Authorities allege Southworth spent months leaving abusive online and voicemail messages for the attorney’s son.
Authorities further allege he made harassing telephone calls to the attorney’s wife.
If convicted, Southworth faces maximum statutory penalties on each count.
Threatening the president carries a maximum penalty of five years.
Cyberstalking carries a maximum penalty of five years.
Harassing telephone calls carry a maximum penalty of two years.
Southworth is charged, not convicted.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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