The Daily Fuckup

Federal prosecutors in the Middle District of Florida said on July 16, 2026, that William L. Upham, 35, of Jacksonville, had been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with threatening the president of the United States. The U.S. attorney’s office said Upham, a former Marine and state prosecutor, appeared in federal court in Jacksonville that same day and was ordered detained. A criminal complaint is a formal accusation, not a finding of guilt.

According to the Justice Department, Secret Service agents reviewed two videos Upham posted on social media. In one, prosecutors said, he described the messages as a “call to arms” and urged the overthrow of the Trump administration. The complaint also says he discussed how to kill “the enemy” and later sent a message saying he made the videos to “declare war” against President Trump and would “kill President Trump at the time that God chooses.”

The case landed on the same day the White House posted a separate release titled “Trump Administration Unleashes Global Campaign to Crush Radical Left Terrorism,” along with a video of President Trump delivering an address to the nation. Those postings were political messaging, not evidence in the criminal case, and they did not affect the complaint against Upham.

For now, the verified record is narrow: federal prosecutors say Upham made threats, a judge ordered him detained, and the allegations have not been tested in court. He remains presumed innocent unless and until the government proves its case.