A man from Hauppauge on Long Island is accused of making death threats against President Trump and against a federal prosecutor, according to court documents cited by News 12 New York. The case has drawn attention on Long Island because prosecutors say the threats were not idle words shouted in anger but were paired with the man's own account of traveling to multiple states in what investigators describe as an effort to locate the person he had threatened.
Court documents identify the man as Daniel Kretsinger and say he posted a video to the social media platform X on June 30. In that video, according to the filings, he said he would go to Washington, D.C., and, in his own words, "put a bullet in the head" of the person he was targeting from the U.S. Attorney's office. The court records name that target as United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the federal prosecutor whose office he referenced in the recording.
The same court documents say Kretsinger did not stop at threatening the prosecutor. Investigators quote him as also saying that he may kill the president. The combination of a stated threat against a sitting federal official and a separate threat against the president is the kind of language that typically triggers an immediate and serious federal response, and it placed the case squarely in the hands of authorities who investigate threats against protected officials.
What lifted the matter beyond words, according to the filings, was Kretsinger's own admission about his movements. Court documents say he acknowledged traveling to Washington, D.C., to Florida, and to Long Island as he looked for the employee he had named. That account of crossing state lines while searching for a specific person is central to how prosecutors are framing the seriousness of the case, because it suggests the threats were accompanied by concrete steps rather than staying confined to an online post.
Rather than being held in custody at this stage, Kretsinger was placed under a set of strict conditions. According to the court documents, he was ordered to remain on Long Island or in New York City and was directed into an inpatient treatment program, where he is required to stay. The arrangement keeps him within a defined geographic area and under supervision while the legal process moves forward, a structure courts often use when a defendant's mental health is part of the picture.
The conditions also reach into how he can communicate. Court records say Kretsinger is barred from using social media, the same channel that prosecutors say carried the original video that started the case. That restriction is aimed directly at the medium through which the threats were allegedly broadcast, cutting off the platform where the offending post was published while the matter is pending.
Authorities sought to reassure the public even as the details of the case emerged. According to News 12 New York, officials indicated there is no immediate threat at this time, a statement meant to signal that the situation is being managed and monitored. For residents on Long Island, where Kretsinger is from and where he is now required to stay, the case is another reminder of how quickly threats posted online can escalate into a federal matter and how closely such cases are watched once a named target is a senior law enforcement official.