Three university students faced federal charges over alleged social-media threats against him ahead of the event.Three University of South Alabama students were arrested and hit with federal charges after investigators say they posted threatening messages targeting President Donald Trump ahead of his Friday night rally on the school’s Mobile campus.The suspects, Amare Jemal Woods, Cameron Lamark Lewis, and Kayla Leaann Smith, have each been charged with making threats against the president, according to local reporting.According to Fox News, the arrests came as Trump prepared to appear at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Center on Friday evening.The federal cases were unsealed Friday afternoon, just hours before Trump was scheduled to take the stage. Investigators reportedly discovered the posts while conducting social-media intelligence searches ahead of the presidential visit and relied on emergency disclosure requests and assistance from University of South Alabama police to identify the individuals.Local station FOX10 News identified the three defendants and reported that federal affidavits accuse them of separately posting violent or threatening messages before Trump’s arrival.According to the affidavit cited by FOX10, Woods allegedly used TikTok to respond to a post about Trump’s planned appearance with the message:“he gotta die bro.”The post was allegedly made on September 27.Lewis allegedly posted a message on X suggesting that people would remember the University of South Alabama in the same way they remembered Utah Valley University, according to investigators.Authorities interpreted that as an apparent reference to Utah Valley University, where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in 2025.Smith, meanwhile, allegedly responded to a TikTok post about Trump’s appearance on September 29 with the message:“We only got one chance let’s take it.”According to the affidavit summarized by FOX10, she then allegedly posted an image depicting someone mimicking the act of holding a gun.FOX10 reported that Woods is an aerospace engineering student, Lewis is a philosophy major, and Smith is pursuing a degree in elementary education. The federal offense carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted.The University of South Alabama condemned the alleged threats while emphasizing that disagreement and political expression are protected but intimidation and unlawful conduct cross a different line.The school also stressed that the Trump event was not sponsored by the university. The Republican National Committee had reserved the Mitchell Center for the Friday event, according to the university and Fox News.Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch had already revealed before Trump arrived that local authorities were working with federal agencies to monitor potentially threatening social-media activity surrounding the rally.“There’s been a couple people who’ve made some really stupid comments,” Burch said earlier in the week, explaining that his office and federal partners were monitoring the situation and taking precautions.An attorney representing Woods pushed back against the suggestion that his client genuinely intended to harm Trump.Jason Darley told FOX10 that the Secret Service understandably takes presidential threats seriously, but said he does not believe Woods actually planned to hurt the president.“I don’t honestly think any of these three are threats,” Darley told the station.The allegations nevertheless surfaced against a backdrop of heightened security around Trump and other political figures following repeated threats and acts of political violence.The Gateway Pundit previously reported in August that the FBI arrested Ayden Langevin after authorities were alerted to alleged online threats against Trump and Secret Service personnel.The Gateway Pundit also covered another federal case this year involving an FAA employee accused of threatening to assassinate President Trump.Despite Friday’s arrests and the significant security operation surrounding his visit, Trump went forward with the Mobile rally as planned.As The Gateway Pundit reported Friday evening, Trump appeared at the Mitchell Center as part of his October midterm campaign blitz, returning to the city where he held one of the defining early rallies of his 2016 presidential campaign.“It sort of all began here,” Trump told the Mobile crowd as he recalled his massive 2015 Alabama rally.The post Three University of South Alabama Students Arrested on Federal Charges After Alleged Social Media Threats Against President Trump — Hours Before Mobile Rally appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.