Suspect in death threat against Richard Grenell ordered held without bond

A Virginia man was hit with criminal charges after allegedly threatening to kill a federal employee who Fox News identified as Richard Grenell, the interim president of the Kennedy Center and a special envoy for President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON — A Virginia man was hit with criminal charges on suspicion of threatening to kill a federal employee identified by Fox News as Richard Grenell, the interim president of the Kennedy Center and a special envoy for President Donald Trump.

Scott Allen Bolger, 33, was charged with transmitting threats in interstate commerce and making false statements, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced in a Tuesday news release.

The release did not identify Grenell as the subject of the threat, but Fox News reported that the Justice Department had relayed that Grenell was targeted. In a Tuesday night post to X, Grenell shared the Fox News story identifying him as the recipient of the threat.

“I am grateful to Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Lindsey Halligan for finding this deranged individual and locking him up,” he said in the post.

Bolger "allegedly used Google Voice, which allows a user to text message others using a phone number other than the user’s primary phone number, to send a message to a federal employee," the Justice Department's news release said, citing court documents. "In the message, Bolger allegedly threatened to kill the employee."