Secret Service investigating NJ teacher over alleged Trump assassination threat

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News on Feb 15, 2025

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NEW YORK — A high school teacher in south Jersey is being investigated by the Secret Service over a social media post mulling the assassination of President Donald Trump.

Fred Wilson, an 11th grade special education and social studies teacher at Egg Harbor Township High School, originally made the remarks on his Facebook page, which has since been deleted, the Press of Atlantic City reported.

“I think we are at the moment where assassination is at least a talking point,” wrote Wilson, who has been with Egg Harbor School District since 2003.

Though it’s unclear when exactly the post written, screenshots have been shared across several social media platforms since at least Feb. 7.

The screenshots also include a photo of Wilson at school wearing a T-shirt that says: “I support trans rights because I’m not an idiot,” as well as his Facebook cover photo, which reads, “F— Trump and f— you for voting for him.”

Egg Harbor Township Capt. Cherie Burgan confirmed that authorities had received several reports about Wilson’s alleged social media activity. She told NJ Advance Media the post has since been passed along to the Secret Service and that the matter is currently under investigation.

“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the incident involving comments made online by a teacher in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey,” Hazel Cerra, resident agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Atlantic City Resident Office, told the news site.

“As a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” the statement continued. “We can say, however, that the Secret Service takes all threats related to our protectees seriously.”

Schools Superintendent Kim Gruccio said the district has also launched its own investigation into the posts.

“We take comments about and suggestions of violence very seriously,” Gruccio said in an email. “The district is cooperating with law enforcement and is conducting an investigation; however, as this is a personnel matter under New Jersey law, I cannot comment further at this time.”

During his latest presidential campaign, Trump was the target of two assassination attempts — the first during a July rally in Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his right ear, and another in September while he golfed in Florida.