TPUSA table flipper arrested for alleged Trump threats ignored FBI warning about violent posts: affidavit
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Derek Lopez faces charges for threatening President Donald Trump after Illinois State University fired him for flipping a Turning Point USA table on campus.
Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital in 2025. Previously, he was a politics reporter at The Tennessee Star.
On Oct. 9, eight days before he was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property after a viral video showed him flipping a Turning Point USA table on the Illinois State University campus, Derek Lopez, 27, was interviewed by federal agents over his online posts. Follow Peter on X at @pmd_reports. Send story tips to peter.dabrosca@fox.com.
"Multiple times during the interview, agents advised Lopez on the differences between First Amendment protected speech and making threatening communications online and what people may perceive as being threatened," the affidavit says.
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