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A 57-year-old Florida resident is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to assassinate various government officials who have sparred with Donald Trump, including New York State Attorney General Letitia James, former first son Hunter Biden and ex-FBI Director James Comey.

Gregory Formicone made the threats in the comments section of The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website that traffics largely in conspiracy theories and election denialism, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent.

Underneath an article about Comey that appeared on the site late last month, the affidavit says a comment by user @gregformicone read, “[I]f he skates and walks on the beach again, he’s going down! We already have a team on it. Time for the American people to administer justice!”

Comey, who played a role in investigating allegations of the Trump campaign accepting help from Russian operatives during his successful 2016 bid for the White House, has been targeted for prosecution by the president, who made no s