Daniel Temple, Ohio Man, In Court Over Obama Death Threats On Twitter

Obama Threats Land Man In Court
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. During his campaign and since Obama pledged that he will not let Iran develop nuclear weapons. According to his own timeline, he has about a year left to see if his policy of diplomacy and sanctions can get Iran to slow its enrichment of uranium and assure the world its nuclear program is peaceful. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. During his campaign and since Obama pledged that he will not let Iran develop nuclear weapons. According to his own timeline, he has about a year left to see if his policy of diplomacy and sanctions can get Iran to slow its enrichment of uranium and assure the world its nuclear program is peaceful. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Daniel Temple, a 36-year-old man from Ohio, was released from jail on Tuesday after attending a hearing in federal court regarding a series of threatening tweets he'd allegedly directed at President Barack Obama, the Associated Press reports.

A criminal complaint was filed against Temple after Secret Service agents visited his residence on March 24 to question him about tweets from his account that claimed he was "coming to kill" Obama and his family. Others used racial and anti-gay slurs to attack the president.

“Temple admitted to having posted all of the messages,” the complaint said, according to the Columbus Dispatch.

Temple's Twitter profile remained online as of Tuesday evening. A number of the threats at issue also appear to remain posted, as well as a stream of rambling tweets and a mention of Temple's encounter with the Secret Service.

i told them the truth. im not gonna hurt anyone. they were both nice guys. its in the prosecutors hands now.the meeting was a little strange

— 119104 (@dttvinfo) March 25, 2013

Threatening the life of the president can carry a punishment of up to five years in prison.

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