Man Who Allegedly Threatened ICE Agents Just Moved Into the 'Find Out' Part of the Story

Robert King, 35, was arrested on April 2 for allegedly making threats against ICE agents.

According to the complaint, King said that if he saw ICE agents in his neighborhood he would be "opening fire," calling them a "secret police force with no real legal authority" and threatening, "Kill them." He then allegedly went further, "Just wanna double down on what I said the other day: if ICE comes to your neighborhood, f------ shoot them and kill them. No mercy for the Gestapo."

But he's in that "find out" stage, now that he's facing justice.

Last week, King was charged with transmitting interstate threats in federal court. Then on Wednesday, he was ordered held in detention by a judge in Dallas. Judge Renee Toliver decided he was a "flight risk and a risk to the community."

Robert King, a U.S. citizen was recently taken into custody in McKinney, Texas for making terroristic threats against ICE agents and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

King’s alarming social media posts included intentions to "open fire” if agents are seen in his neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/LyVf3M6ECe
— HSI Dallas (@HSI_Dallas) April 2, 2025

As our sister site Twitchy reported, Fox's Bill Melugin said King left the courtroom crying.

The Texas man who allegedly threatened to shoot & kill ICE agents & urged his followers to do the same left a federal courtroom crying today after he was ordered held in detention, with the magistrate determining he is a threat and a flight risk, according to our @FoxNews team in the room.

But that wasn't all. King's alleged actions had another big consequence for him.

Additionally, federal prosecutors said they learned about Robert King’s alleged threats via the national FBI tip line. He had been living with his sister and brother in law, who is a Mesquite police officer and former CBP agent. Upon learning of the social media posts, the brother in law threw him out of the house.

Good on the brother-in-law.

Now King faces up to five years in prison.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. You gotta love it when folks find out that bad actions might just have bad results. Gee, I wonder who called in the tip on him? But it shows that the FBI now too is paying attention to such tips. I'm thinking Mr. King is not feeling so tough anymore. Being a keyboard warrior and spewing nonsense on the internet is a little different when it comes back to bite you.

But do people not understand this question of "consequences?" We see this with the folks who are attacking Teslas -- as they are caught with their faces all over the Tesla videos. They think that somehow they are justified but they're not operating in reality and according to the law. They seem to think they can act with impunity, and then they find out: not so much anymore.

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It's easy in the "fool around" time, but the "find out" will come for them, and they're not going to enjoy it.

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