ATLANTA — A Floyd County man on probation following convictions for making terroristic threats and other crimes was arrested Friday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.

Jauan Rashun Porter, 29, of Rome was jailed pending a hearing in federal court scheduled for Tuesday.

According to information presented in court, Porter joined a TikTok livestream about Trump captioned “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades that opened last month. At one point, Porter allegedly said “So, there’s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump’s eyes.”

When asked by the livestream host about federal agents coming to his door, Porter allegedly said, “I’m gonna kill them, too.”

“The allegations against

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