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An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to roughly 10 months in federal prison “for using social media to issue violent threats against the president,” according to officials.

Tyler Leveque, 38, was sentenced after admitting to posting a series of threats targeting President Donald Trump over several days in early January 2025, according to a statement released by the United States Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico on Wednesday.

The statement set out how Leveque’s online posts had escalated across TikTok, X and Facebook and that they were explicit enough to trigger a federal investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI.

Prosecutors said the threats began on Jan. 2, 2025, when Leveque posted a TikTok video in which he voiced hatre

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