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LAKE COUNTY, Ill. - A suburban Chicago man is in federal custody after authorities said he posted an online threat to President Donald Trump.

Federal agents and a SWAT team searched the home of Trent Schneider, 57, of Winthrop Harbor, on Monday morning and took him into custody, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Federal charge:

Prosecutors said Schneider is charged with making a threat in interstate commerce to injure a person.

Following his arrest, Schneider appeared Monday afternoon in federal court in Chicago, where a judge ordered him held in custody until a detention hearing scheduled for Nov. 6.

What we know:

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Schneider posted a video to Instagram on Oct. 16, in which he said: "I'm going to get some guns. I know where

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