A Los Angeles podcaster recorded a video calling for the execution of Donald Trump, then kept selling “kill trump” stickers from his own website.
Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, was arrested at his Westlake apartment on the morning of September 3 after a federal grand jury indicted him on three criminal counts. The charges include threats against the president, cyberstalking, and harassing telephone calls across state lines. Federal agents took him into custody at the residence.
Southworth was not an unknown figure. He previously hosted a Christian reality and music television program called “The Remix” on TBN, and more recently co-hosted a comedy podcast called “Yass, Jesus!” He also ran a website, holymenace.com, where he sold stickers bearing the phrase “kill trump” and identified himself as an “artivist.
According to a report on the original charges, court documents show Southworth sent private text messages in January stating that if he encountered a Trump official in person, he feared he would end up in jail. In the same exchange, he wrote that if he could kill the president, he would not waste the opportunity. He also wrote that he wanted Trump and his supporters dead, describing his urge to channel that rage into street art instead.
Prosecutors said Southworth called the family of Jay Sekulow at least 13 times. In one voicemail, he told them, “There’s going to come a day when justice comes to your door.” In February, he posted the personal phone numbers of Sekulow’s son and other family members online, pairing the post with a Valentine’s Day message urging people to call those numbers and insult them.
Court documents also show that Southworth later tried to walk back some of the language, describing parts of it as “just rhetoric.” That defense appears difficult to sustain given what else prosecutors found. In a video he prepared specifically in the event of his own arrest, he stated clearly, “I have been vocal in calling for the execution of Donald Trump,” and added, “It’s time for course correction. Kill Donald Trump.”
Prosecutors further alleged that after an incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April, Southworth posted “IF AT FIRST YOU FAIL TRY AGAIN” on a livestream connected to Sekulow’s son.
The federal indictment covers three distinct charges. Each represents a separate category of alleged criminal conduct, spanning direct threats to the president, cyberstalking of private individuals, and repeated harassing phone calls made across state lines. Southworth now faces the full weight of those charges following his arrest at his Los Angeles home.
