Neither the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) nor the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) was willing to confirm whether they are investigating a Nashville woman who threatened to kill former President Trump while he gave a keynote speech at Bitcoin 2024, the largest Bitcoin conference in the world.
The conference was held over the weekend in Nashville.
Last week, before the event, an X user called @bann0_, whose account has now been suspended for breaking X’s terms of service, posted a photo with a pistol and threatening message.
Several X account holders took screenshots of the threat before “bando” was suspended, however. In all, the post was seen by millions of accounts across the globe.
“Trump in Nashville it’s my turn . and [you know] they call me Ms. not [going to] miss s***,” the post said.
The user behind the account was confirmed to be IreYanna Thomas, who in February posted a photo of herself from her high school yearbook.
That led users to Thomas’ LinkedIn, which says she is a student at Nashville State Community College (NSCC).
After Thomas’ initial post threatening Trump and after making her X account private, she made three more posts defending her threat.
Those posts are too graphic for publication, but in them, Thomas claims the threat was a joke, tells people to leave her alone using graphic and colorful language, and implies that anyone who disliked her threat wants to have sex with her.
Some online commentators unleashed their fury on NSCC.
Monday, The Tennessee Star confirmed through the school’s Associate Vice President for Communications and Marketing, Tom Hayden, that Thomas had been a student as NSCC, but is no longer a student there.
The FBI refused to comment on whether it is investigating Thomas.
“As a standard rule, the FBI doesn’t comment on the existence, possibility, or likelihood of an investigation,” Mary Clement of the FBI’s Memphis Field Office told The Star.
Secret Service did not respond to a comment request.
On July 13, Trump held an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where 20-year-old Matthew Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate him. Trump was shot in the ear.
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination, Tennessee Democrats have refused to tone down their violent rhetoric against Trump, condemning him as an “authoritarian,” likening him to Adolph Hitler, and accusing him of being a bigot who is using racism to gain power.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on X/Twitter.
Photo “IreYanna Thomas” by IreYanna Thomas. Background Photo “Bitcoin Conference” by Bitcoin Magazine.
Thanks for covering this. Hopefully, the FBI, and USSS, will make an example of her. This kind of violent threat can not be allowed to continue.
not only the fbi and secret service, no Nashville newspaper or television station reported on this, which is disturbing to say the least.
God forbid the current administration raise a hand against a woman of color. It could cost them a vote.