A former Illinois State University teaching assistant who was fired after a viral video showed him flipping a Turning Point USA table on the school's campus was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump in posts shared on social media earlier this week, the New York Post reports.

Derek Lopez , 27, faces federal charges and up to five years in prison if convicted in relation to several posts, including one in which he claimed, "I'm going to kill Donald Trump," according to the criminal complaint. Lopez allegedly posted a video of a man pointing a gun at a graphic of Trump with a target on his head and also claimed that the government shutdown provided the best scenario to target the president.

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