LUBBOCK, Texas — A Lubbock man was convicted by a federal jury for making online threats to kill United States Secret Service agents and their families, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Tristan Rene Langston, 37, was charged in March 2025 with the federal offenses of "transmitting threats in interstate commerce" and "threatening a federal law enforcement officer." The charges stemmed from online threats Langston made in February 2025.
According to evidence presented during the trial, on Feb. 21, Langston posted a message to X, formerly known as Twitter, criticizing two U.S. Secret Service agents and then declaring, “2nd Amendment in full effect. Gonna slit the throats of agents and their families.”
The DOJ said evidence in the case revealed that Langston’s statements