A judge ruled recently that a former Marine, state prosecutor, and Congressional candidate is not mentally competent enough to stand trial for threatening to kill President Trump.
In a ruling in the Middle District of Florida, Judge Laura Lotham Lambert said William Lintag Upham, 35, of Jacksonville, is mentally incompetent for trial based on a psychiatrist’s evaluation.
According to a complaint filed in court, the U.S. Secret Service received reports of potential threats against Trump made by Upham earlier this year. Agents subsequently reviewed two videos Upham had posted to his social media accounts.
In the first video, Upham - whom the Marine Corps medically discharged in 2025 - was wearing his military uniform, saying “this is a call to arms.” According to the complaint, he wanted the overthrow of the Trump administration.
To carry out the act, he called for using a semi-automatic rifle and firing “two shots to the chest” and “one shot to the head.”
In a second video, also filmed in uniform, Upham made similar statements, including that Trump is “the enemy” and “must be killed.”
The complaint further states that Upham later sent a message to a reporter saying he made the videos to “declare war” against Trump and that he would “kill President Trump at the time that God chooses.”
Investigators also learned Upham had access to firearms and had made concerning statements to police as recently as July 2026. The complaint states that Upham told JSO officers that “he was the Messiah and that God had ordered him to die.”
The judge ordered Upham, who is also running as a Republican for the U.S. House in Florida, to be hospitalized for treatment for up to four months.
Afterward, he will be evaluated to determine if he will “attain the capacity to permit the case to proceed.”
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