A former California podcaster was indicted for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, as well as harassing the president’s personal lawyer, federal officials announced Thursday. Benjamin Southworth, 40, of Los Angeles, was arrested Thursday and charged with making threats ag ainst the president, cyberstalking and harassing telephone calls in interstate communications, prosecutors said in an indictment. From January to May, Southworth publicly expressed his hatred toward the president and the president’s supporters via his website, TikTok, Instagram and two of his YouTube accounts, and encouraged “the abuse, harassment and intimidation of, and violence against, President Trump,” according to court documents. In on instance on March 31, Southworth posted a video on his Instagram account saying, “Since the Supreme Court has ruled today that psychological, spiritual, emotional and physical torture known as gay conversion therapy is free speech, I want to practice my free speech as a survivor of conversion therapy for five years. Kill Donald Trump. Kill that m———— pedophile in the White House,” the court filing said. Southworth is the former host of the podcast “Yass, Jesus!” and a Christian reality show called “The Remix.” He also allegedly repeatedly made threats against Trump’s life and championed his assassination, prosecutors said. In another instance, Southworth posted a video “fictitiously depicting himself teleporting into the White House Oval Office, behind President Trump, and raising a knife up to President Trump’s head as if he was about to stab him,” the court filing said. Southworth also called on his followers to “visit” the home of the president’s personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, and posted Sekulow’s address and a picture of his home in Brentwood, Tennessee, prosecutors said. They also state Southworth posted the lawyer’s phone number on his social media. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that “We will hold perpetrators of violent threats accountable, and anyone who makes these threats online will not be allowed to hide behind their screens.” Southworth pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles and is being held without bond. He is due back in court next month. It’s unclear if Southworth has an attorney who can speak on his behalf. This story originally appeared on NBCLosAngeles.com. ...read more read less