LA Podcaster Indicted Over Online Threats to President Trump

A podcaster, Benjamin Azariah Southworth, was indicted and arrested in Los Angeles on three federal counts—threats against the president, cyberstalking, and harassing telephone calls—for online threats against President Donald Trump and related actions, including posting a target’s home address on social media; prosecutors say he used YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and a website from January to May 2026, and he faces up to five years on the first two counts and two years on telephonic harassment, with an initial appearance in federal court in downtown Los Angeles.