Inset: Jauan Rashaun Porter (Floyd County Jail). Background: U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he awaits President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2025 (Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP).
A convicted felon in Georgia is behind bars for threatening to kill President Donald Trump in several posts on a TikTok livestream, according to federal authorities.
Jauan Rashun Porter, 29, stands accused of one count of threats against the president and successors to the presidency, according to a 7-page criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Georgia.
The defendant is a resident of Rome – a medium-sized city located roughly 70 miles northwest of Atlanta – and has previously been convicted of multiple crimes including making terroristic threats, influencing a witness, committing mutiny in a penal institution, drug possession, battery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and domestic violence, according to the U.S. Attorney”s Office.
Porter’s latest alleged offenses occurred during a TikTok livestream on July 26, according to the complaint. The livestream was about Trump and captioned “Alligator Alcatraz,” a reference to an expansive immigrant detention camp constructed out of repurposed FEMA trailers and soft-sided tents in the Florida Everglades.
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Authorities alleged Porter made numerous – often explicit – posts expressing his desire to shoot and kill the 45th and 47th president.
“So there’s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump’s eyes,” the user said on the livestream.
Similar comments were made several times.
“I’m gonna kill Donald Trump,” the defendant allegedly said.
“I’m gonna put a 7.62 bullet inside of his forehead,” Porter allegedly added, an apparent reference to a common caliber of medium-range ammunition, popularly known as a “Soviet short round” due to its original production as the native bullet for the Kalashnikov rifle, or AK-47. “I’m gonna watch him bleed out and I’m gonna watch him die…I’m gonna do that. Yes. Yes. Me.”
In response to others asking the user to repeat the statements, he allegedly taunted: “I could say it three more times for you.”
In response to a request for his location, Porter allegedly said: “You’ll know. It’ll be on the news… his [POTUS’] rally is coming up pretty soon and I’m going there and I’m going to put a bullet in his head.”
Then, roughly one minute into the video, the defendant allegedly said: “I am going to kill the President of the United States.” Seconds later, the livestream host warned the user about receiving an FBI visit. This warning, however, did not seem to sway him. The man allegedly responded: “I’m gonna kill them too…and then kill myself.”
The host of the livestream finally chafed at the violent language and asked: “Do you think saying something like that is normal behavior?”
The accused user replied: “Normal behavior would be speaking on something and then doing it,” according to the complaint.
A brief back-and-forth ensued.
The host then asked: “So you’re claiming that you’re going to put a bullet in the President’s head and then you’re going to take your own life?” The accused allegedly responded: “7.62, exactly.”
When the host asked the user to repeat the statements once more, he allegedly switched up his bullet preference and said, “5.56 in Donald Trump’s head,” a reference to ammunition developed in Belgium for NATO rifles. He then added, “That would be me. I will do that.”
“And who are you?” the host asked.
The defendant allegedly answered, “My name is JJ…that’s my name. JJ…that’s my real name. What else do you want me to say?”
Later on, the defendant allegedly launched into an increasingly detailed explanation of how he might assassinate the president.
From the complaint, at length:
“So this is what I’m gonna do….What I’m gonna do is…Imma load up a rifle- either a three-o-eight, or shit it could be an eight millimeter. Imma load up a eight millimeter – I’m gonna sit on top of the roof – not on top of the roof – I’m gonna sit inside the building, an abandoned building, when he comes to a rally – and when he approaches the rally I’m gonna load the bullet…I’m gonna set the rifle not outside of the window but exactly corresponding with the frame…. and then I’m gonna aim. I’m gonna test the wind out. And then I’m gonna put one exactly—if not the face then I might just put one exactly in his chest.” Asked by the host to “say his name”, [Porter], stated twice, “Donald Trump.” The host replied that he had recorded the livestream and “will be getting it to the proper channels.”
On July 30, the U.S. Secret Service was contacted by TikTok. The company also provided a copy of the livestream to the agency. Eventually, investigators were able to link the user’s screen name and email address to the defendant, according to the complaint.
During a search of Porter’s apartment, federal agents allegedly recovered “two pipes, pistol ammunition, and Tannerite (an explosive),” according to a press release announcing the charges.
When questioned by law enforcement, the defendant allegedly disclaimed any knowledge of the livestream, according to the complaint. Later, he allegedly admitted to being the user in question and to making the offending comments, authorities say. Then, when pressed to account for how the comments might be taken as threats, the man allegedly “agreed and acknowledged the seriousness of the incident,” the complaint says.
Investigators also questioned Porter’s “admitted girlfriend.”
“[S]he was not aware of the specifics of the livestream but remembered Porter mentioning the video to her in some capacity,” the complaint reads. “[The girlfriend] further stated that she had warned Porter about such threats and the seriousness with which the government takes them. [The girlfriend] additionally stated that Porter frequently spent time online ‘trolling’ in a similar manner and that this activity acted as a social outlet for him.”
In May 2023, Porter was accused of attacking another inmate in the Floyd County Jail.
