A man in California was arrested Friday amid heightened concerns about the vice president’s safety after threats to a Disney trip served as a “horrific reminder of the dangers public officials face.”
In case two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election weren’t enough cause for concern, questions about the U.S. Secret Service detail in charge of America’s executive branch were recently raised anew.
After an undercover report had shown an agent assigned to Vice President J.D. Vance’s detail allegedly giving away “sensitive security information,” the Justice Department announced the arrest of a “deranged” man for alleged threats to the life of Vance and his family while they enjoyed Disneyland Resort in July 2025.
“A threat to kill a public official is a federal crime. First Amendment rights do not extend to threats to kill or injure others, especially our nation’s elected officials. Such conduct will not be tolerated and will not go unpunished,” asserted First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli on X as he detailed allegations of threats to kill Vance with pipe bombs supposedly planted at Disneyland that led to the arrest of 22-year-old Marco Antonio Aguayo of Anaheim, California.
Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, of Anaheim, is now in the Unhappiest Place on Earth.
Today, Aguayo was arrested and charged with threatening to kill @VP Vance with pipe bombs last summer when the Vice President and his family visited Disneyland.
If convicted, Aguayo faces up to five… pic.twitter.com/5xwxURSlUk
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) January 17, 2026
Facing up to five years in prison if convicted, Aguayo had allegedly left comments on The Walt Disney Company’s Instagram account during Vance’s visit, rife with harassment from leftists, including, “Pipe bombs have been placed in preparation for J.D. Vance’s arrival,” and, “It’s time for us to rise up and you will be a witness to it.”
“Good luck finding all of them on time there will be bloodshed tonight and we will bathe in the blood of corrupt politicians,” the man was also accused of writing. That same day, Aguayo was visited by law enforcement, prompting an initial claim that his account had been hacked before insisting that the comments were meant to be a joke.
Only days prior to the arrest, the Secret Service had pulled Tomas Escotto from Vance’s detail after a report from James O’Keefe had featured examples of the man allegedly repeatedly leaking information about the vice president’s travels and whereabouts.
The damning video and messages shared by O’Keefe had been released in the wake of a gender ideologue who was said to have brought a hammer to Vance’s Cincinnati, Ohio, residence after the vice president’s family had already returned to Washington, D.C., allegedly causing over $28,000 in damages.
Adding her own commentary on the 22-year-old alleged to have issued pipe bomb threats, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement, “This case is a horrific reminder of the dangers public officials face from deranged criminals who would do them harm. I am grateful that my friend Vice President Vance and his family are safe, applaud the police work that led to the arrest, and will ensure my prosecutors deliver swift justice.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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