A Michigan loon with a large rap sheet was arrested Friday for threatening to kill Kash Patel in a series of sinister messages — even calling the FBI director a “dead mf,” prosecutors said.
Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, allegedly started the disturbing campaign earlier this month, at times threatening to execute the entire bureau, according to US Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr.
The lunatic used his own Facebook account to contact Patel’s associate, prosecutors said in the criminal complaint.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel speaks during a roundtable discussion on cybercrime in the East Room of the White House on Oct. 21, 2026. POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com
“This is Baby Bird i put a hit on you and btw [Patel] he is a dead mf too,” Palazzolo allegedly wrote in an Oct. 8 message.
“Tell his punk a– I said it … Im a expose artist you dumb b–ch.”
Investigators interrogated Palazzolo at his Chesterfield Township home the following day where he admitted to making the vile threats before apologizing and claiming he “had no intent to harm anyone,” according to the documents.
He also admitted to contacting several other federal law enforcement agencies to complain about insufficient response to his “concerns,” though the documents do not indicate what his gripes were.
An FBI agent then made the mistake of offering his cell phone number and email address to Palazzolo, who sent a barrage of bizarre, threatening texts and emails to the officer.
The 42-year-old Michigan man sent sinister Facebook messages and later unleashed a barrage of bizarre texts and emails on an investigator. U.S. District Court
“We will rape you with tree branches on fire up you a– with nails in it down your throat too and up your p–sy and kill you torcher your cover up artists since you invovled with aggregated secual abuse on me mf,” Palazzolo allegedly wrote.He’s also accused of leaving voicemails demanding the agent call President Trump to warn him that Palazzolo was planning to storm the Detroit office and “use deadly force against every single one of you government officials–FBI, Secret Service will all be f–king killed.”
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Palazzolo’s family told The Post Saturday that the troubled relative was full of empty threats and likely off his medication — which was the case when he got in hot water over similar schemes in his past.
He previously targeted President Trump, his cousin, Dana Palazzolo, said.
“I can tell you when not on medication he has done this before. We strongly feel that he is no real threat and this is blown out of proportion,” she said.
“He threatened President Trump. He has never acted on any threat he has made in the past. When he’s on his medication he’s a good guy very shy.”
Palazzolo has an extensive criminal history that includes a 2018 charge for making a bomb threat and a false report of a terrorist attack. U.S. District Court
The Post was unable to verify when or how he threatened the president.
Dana Palazzolo didn’t know whether his cousin had been diagnosed with a specific mental disorder, but described his afflication as “manic depressive behavior disorder” or possible “schizophrenia.”
What set off Palazzolo’s tirade or why he wasn’t taking his meds is a mystery, she added.
The nut appeared in federal court Friday and was slapped with one count of interstate communications involving threats — a felony punishable by up to five years in federal prison.He is being jailed while awaiting a Nov. 2 detention hearing.
His court-appointed lawyer, Todd Shanker, did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Palazzolo has an extensive criminal history in Texas, Florida and Michigan, prosecutors said, including a 2018 charge for making a bomb threat and making a false report of a terrorist attack.
He appeared in federal court Friday and was temporarily detained.
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