The Daily Fuckup

Donald Trump’s name appeared this month in three separate Justice Department actions, but the cases have nothing in common beyond the name itself. One is a threat charge in New Hampshire, one is a fraud case in New York, and one is a settlement announcement tied to a proposed anti-weaponization fund. They are distinct matters, filed on different dates, with different defendants and different legal stakes.

In New Hampshire, federal prosecutors said a Nashua resident and Federal Aviation Administration employee was charged by criminal complaint on May 1, 2026, and that the Justice Department publicly announced the case on May 5. The complaint says Dean DelleChiaie allegedly used his personal email to send a threat across state lines to the White House, and that he had searched for information online about killing Donald Trump and past assassination attempts. The case is an allegation only; DelleChiaie is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

In New York, prosecutors unsealed indictments on May 13 charging two North Macedonian nationals in a scheme centered on fake “Trump Bucks.” According to the Justice Department, the defendants allegedly sold worthless products that falsely claimed to be affiliated with Trump, his campaign, the Trump Organization, and related causes. Prosecutors said the products were marketed to victims across the United States, including older Americans, and that the scheme collected hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Then on May 18, the Justice Department announced an anti-weaponization fund as part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service. The department said the fund would provide a process to hear claims from people who say they were harmed by government weaponization or lawfare, and that the plaintiffs would drop their pending lawsuit in exchange for the settlement terms. The announcement was tied to that specific civil case, not to either of the criminal matters.

The three actions do not add up to one story about one motive or one trend. They do show something narrower: Trump’s name is still being used in scams, appearing in threats, and showing up in high-profile settlement fights at the federal level. But those are separate facts, not one unified case file.