A Raleigh man threatened to kill President Biden. How long he’ll spend in prison
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- A Raleigh man will spend more than two years in prison after threatening Joe Biden.
- Michael Ferr, 31, also threatened to kill a U.S. Secret Service agent in January.
- Ferr made violent X posts and threatened the agent in person in two separate incidents.
A Raleigh man was sentenced in federal court Friday after threatening to kill then-President Joe Biden and a U.S. Secret Service agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said.
Michael James Ferr, 31, pleaded guilty Aug. 19, court records show. He’d been indicted April 15 on multiple federal charges in two separate incidents: several Jan. 10 posts he made on X threatening to kill Biden and Biden’s children, and a Jan. 14 threat against the agent. President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20.
When U.S. Secret Service agents came to Raleigh to interview Ferr about the posts, Ferr told one of the agents he’d kill him, court documents state. Raleigh police initially arrested Ferr on a misdemeanor charge of communicating threats, but that charge was dismissed in June after federal officials took over the case, court records show.
Ferr, also known as “Mikey,” will spend two years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, according to the news release.
“This sentence makes one thing clear: threatening to murder the President of the United States or any federal agents sworn to protect our nation will bring swift and serious consequences,” said Ellis Boyle, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, in the release.
This story was originally published December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM.
