Wichita man sentenced to prison for threats to President Biden

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for threatening to kill the President of the United States of America.

According to court documents, Cody McCormick, 28, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of making a threat against the President of the United States.

In April 2023, McCormick sent a Wichita television station a Facebook message detailing his intention to murder U.S. President Joseph (Joe) Biden. The message read in part, “I will get a Greyhound bus ticket and go and shoot him.”

U.S. Secret Service agents interviewed McCormick. The agents asked McCormick if they needed to be worried about him if President Biden came to Wichita. McCormick responded that if given the opportunity, he would “force him (POTUS) to step down from office” and would “kidnap him”. He also told agents, “My intent is to kill Joe Biden if I don’t get the help I need.”

The U.S. Secret Service and the Wichita Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Treaster prosecuted the case.