Man threatens Judge Jeanine with assassination

Long Island man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro

A New York man who allegedly posted videos to X threatening to "put a bullet" in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's head, and suggested he might kill President Trump, has been arrested on federal charges.

Daniel Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, was taken into custody August 11 after a federal criminal complaint charged him with transmitting a threat to injure a person across state lines, a charge that carries up to five years in federal prison.

A magistrate judge then released Kretsinger to an inpatient psychiatric treatment program over the government's objection, a decision that drew sharp criticism from Pirro's office.

The case centers on two videos Kretsinger allegedly posted to X on June 30. In one, the New York Post reported, Kretsinger appeared shirtless and visibly agitated, directing profanity-laced threats at Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital.

Kretsinger told investigators he traveled three states looking for Pirro. The federal charge of transmitting a threat to injure a person across state lines carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

The criminal complaint was filed earlier in August in the Eastern District of New York. The specific federal statute cited in the charge was not identified in public reporting.

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