Federal Authorities Arrest Kyle Wagner on Threat, Cyberstalking Charges

Federal authorities arrested Kyle Wagner, 37, in Minneapolis on Feb. 5, 2026, and charged him by criminal complaint with cyberstalking and making threatening communications, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors allege Wagner repeatedly posted violent threats in early January, including a Jan. 8 video saying "we're f***ing coming for you," and urged followers to "forcibly confront, assault, impede, oppose and resist federal officers," according to the complaint.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a Department of Justice news release that Wagner "proudly claimed affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa" and "doxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers," while U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. said Wagner's actions sought to "spread fire into our peaceful community."

The arrest comes amid Operation Metro Surge, a deployment federal officials have variously described as involving about 700 officers recently withdrawn leaving roughly 2,000 in Minnesota and as more than 3,000 agents with between 2,500 and over 4,000 arrests, according to Tom Homan, White House officials and other federal statements that present conflicting figures.

Wagner is expected to make an initial appearance in federal court on Feb. 5, 2026, and prosecutors said they will decide soon whether to seek an indictment after a 31-page complaint filed in Detroit, Michigan, was unsealed Thursday.