FBI affidavit: Teen’s plot to assassinate Trump linked to Ukrainian operation

04/25/2025 / By Ramon Tomey

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen, Nikita Casap, allegedly planned to assassinate President Donald Trump using a drone, aided by Ukrainian contacts via Telegram. Messages included instructions on hiding bodies, evading law enforcement and fleeing to Ukraine.
Casap killed his mother and stepfather in February to steal $14,000, intended for purchasing an explosive-equipped drone. His crimes were discovered after he missed school for two weeks.
The case highlights a pattern of foreign-linked assassination attempts against Trump, including two others (Thomas Crooks and Ryan Routh) tied to overseas actors or groups like Ukraine’s Azov Battalion.
Casap was linked to neo-Nazi groups (Order of Nine Angles, Misanthropic Division) and wrote antisemitic manifestos detailing plans to overthrow the U.S. government, with Trump’s assassination as a catalyst.
Ukrainian operatives allegedly guided Casap on concealing evidence, altering license plates and escaping via a route through multiple U.S. states before fleeing to Ukraine, raising alarms about foreign exploitation of domestic extremists.

Newly unsealed court documents have exposed what appears to be a Ukrainian operation behind a Wisconsin teen’s attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump using a drone.

According to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) affidavit dated March 18, 17-year-old Nikita Casap communicated via the messaging app Telegram with a phone number registered to Vodafone Ukraine. The exchange with the aforementioned phone number included detailed instructions on concealing bodies, evading law enforcement and executing an escape to Ukraine.

The messages were written in Ukrainian Cyrillic, with investigators noting the use of the letter “i” – a character absent from modern Russian. One of Casap’s Ukrainian contacts spelled their name in the Ukrainian manner, further bolstering the Kyiv connection. They also noted contextual clues in the messages.

Casap allegedly murdered his mother and stepfather in February to steal $14,000. The money was intended for purchasing a militarized drone capable of deploying explosives, which would be used to take out Trump. According to the BBC, the teen’s crime was discovered when local officials visited the Casaps’ home in Waukesha following his failure to attend school for two weeks.

The FBI affidavit also revealed that Casap received advice on how to hide his parents’ bodies and alter a vehicle’s license plate. He was also given a carefully-planned escape route traversing Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma toward a final stop in California, where he planned to flee to Ukraine. References to “200 wheels” in the messages suggest a code for fragmentation elements designed to maximize casualties.

From parricide to political violence

The affidavit’s revelations about Casap raise concerns about foreign influence in domestic extremist plots. They also underscoring a pattern of foreign-linked assassination attempts against Trump – with Casap’s actions being the third with such ties.

Thomas Matthew Crooks – who opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania in July 2024 – had encrypted communications linked to overseas servers, though the FBI has not disclosed specifics.

Similarly, Ryan Wesley Routh – who tried assassinating the president at the Trump International Golf Club in September 2024 – appeared in a propaganda video produced by Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. The aforementioned clip reinforces concerns about foreign actors exploiting domestic radicals, further highlighting transnational extremist networks. (Related: Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh buddied-up with neo-Nazi Azov Brigade in Ukraine.)

Casap’s ideological indoctrination adds another layer to the case. The FBI found evidence linking him to the Order of Nine Angles and the Misanthropic Division, neo-Nazi groups with ties to the Azov Battalion. Investigators also uncovered antisemitic writings in which Casap detailed plans to overthrow the U.S. government, with his assassination of Trump serving as a catalyst.

Casap’s murders of his parents were a means to fund his plot, with Ukrainian operatives goading him to carry out the deed. As federal investigators piece together these connections, the case ultimately raises urgent questions about the role of foreign actors in domestic extremism.

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Watch this clip of Ryan Wesley Routh, President Trump’s second would-be assassin, during his time in Ukraine.

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