Napa Man Suspected Of Threats To Kill Senior Trump Official Indicted By Feds

NAPA VALLEY, CA — A 64-year-old Napa man appeared in federal court Friday after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly threatening to hunt down and kill a Senate-confirmed federal government official in Washington, D.C.

Prosecutors say Haddow Mills sent an email on Sept. 25, 2025, declaring, “I will hunt [the victim] down and kill him,” according to a federal indictment unsealed this week.

The indictment alleges that in the months leading up to the threat, Mills sent dozens of harassing and threatening emails to the official’s ex-spouse. In one message, he allegedly wrote, “I still am hunting down [victim’s first name]. He is a dead man walking.”

Authorities say other emails also contained threats directed at the official, the ex-spouse, and their children.

The emails used terms like “Nazi" and “scum" and threatened to "...hunt you down. I am not kidding. Watch your back bitch.”

Another read, in part, it was a good thing that, "I can buy a gun and end you and Trump’s lives, just like that” and “I hope you and your family DIE from legalized gunshots to the head.”

The indictment did not identify the Trump official by name, describing him only as a Senate-confirmed federal official based in Washington, D.C., and his ex-wife as living in Virginia.

Court documents do not say why the threats targeted official's ex-wife. Prosecutors said Mills had no known personal relationship with either person but appeared aware of the woman’s connection to the official.

Mills was released on bond after his initial court appearance Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. His next hearing is scheduled for May before Rita Lin, a U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco.

If convicted, Mills faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for of "transmitting an interstate threat under federal law."

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Moore following an investigation by the United States Marshals Service, with assistance from the Napa County Sheriff’s Office and the Arlington County Police Department in Virginia.

Prosecutors emphasized that an indictment is only an allegation, and Mills is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.