A transgender-identifying individual from Everett, Washington, has been indicted by a federal grand jury after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
20-year-old Phillip Richard Wharton, who goes by the name Sadie, was indicted on Wednesday on charges of threatening a federal official. According to court documents, Wharton made multiple social media posts in August and September of 2025, threatening to kill the president.
One post on August 19, 2025, included a photo and read, “What the guy in the White House sees after I kill the US PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN AND WEAR HIS FACE AS A MASK.” A September 23 post read, “My name is Sadie Online. I am going to kill the president tomorrow. This is not a joke, but a confession admissible in a court of law.”
A criminal complaint revealed that the US Capitol Police alerted the Secret Service after the first post. Investigators later linked the account to Wharton.
