A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly posting videos threatening to kill US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Daniel Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, posted two menacing videos to X on June 30, according to a criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The videos targeted Pirro, who serves as US Attorney for the District of Columbia, and also suggested a possible assassination attempt against President Trump.
In the first video, which was posted as a reply to an X post from Pirro’s account, Kretsinger appeared shirtless and visibly enraged. “Because you’re such a lying despicable piece of s–t,” he allegedly said in the video, “I’m specifically targeting you when I come to Washington, D.C., and put a bullet directly between your eyes c–t.”
He then expanded his threats to include the president. “And if Trump keeps up his bulls–t I may kill the president too,” Kretsinger warned in the same video, according to the complaint.
Minutes later, Kretsinger posted a second video doubling down on his threat against Pirro. “I’m gonna come to DC very f–kin soon sweetheart and I’m gonna put a bullet in your f–kin head,” he said. “I love you, you evil lying dirt bag thieving f–king b–h!”
Law enforcement located and interviewed Kretsinger on July 9. During that interview, he acknowledged that the X account where the two videos were posted belonged to him. He also admitted that he had previously traveled to Washington, DC, Florida and Long Island “in efforts to find” Pirro, according to the complaint.
An arrest warrant for Kretsinger was issued on Aug. 7. He now faces a federal charge of transmitting a threat to injure a person across state lines, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
“No one should ever be threatened or targeted for violence. Public officials are no exception, and we commend the United States Marshals Service for its swift action,” a spokesperson for Pirro’s office said.
Kretsinger remains in custody following his arrest. The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has not provided additional comment on the case.