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Massachusetts man charged with making threat against President of the United States

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MANCHESTER, N.H.- Authorities say an alleged White Supremacist from Tewksbury Massachusetts has been charged with posting threats online against President Donald Trump.

According to court documents Trenton Touch,18, has been charged following an investigation out of a complaint filed back in September over four Instagram accounts in which he posted what authorities are calling both violent and threating content.

During the investigation police say Touch also sent messages where he threatened to both kill the president and also shoot up a school and also went out of his way to share a single image of a firearm and a direct threat.

Following his arrest police seized a revolver-style firearm was seized along with multiple military-style or military surplus items including camouflage clothing, a ballistics helmet, military-style knives and a hatchet.

Touch is currently being held ahead of his initial appearance in federal court in Boston on Monday.

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