A Florida man was arrested Friday for allegedly tweeting at X’s AI agent, Grok, that he would “kill everyone on the [Epstein] list,” including a number of politicians. Authorities say Terrell Bailey-Corsey of Manatee, Florida, posted a series of increasingly concerning violent messages on X and Facebook in the last month.
According to charging documents filed in the Middle District of Florida, law enforcement states Bailey-Corsey tweeted on July 15, “Well @grok you're wrong. Everyone involved if I see them in real life I will KILL. On sight. With a machete so everyone can see the blood and gore of the moment. You can't fear death so you can't understand. I will KILL EVERYONE ON THE LIST. ON SIGHT. AND THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT” (SIC). The tweet was just one of many unhinged social media posts reportedly made by Bailey-Corsey from June 22 until July 15.
Another alleged tweet written by Bailey-Corsey warned “every Epstein apologist” to “never meet [him] in public.” Bailey-Corsey also purportedly singled out at least three current government officials and one former official in his posts with threats to hunt down and kill them. Court records did not indicate which current or former officials he reportedly targeted. Law enforcement said Bailey-Corsey also directed much of his anger at politicians as a group, threatening that it was “time to start killing politicians on sight.” The arrest comes at a time of heightened interest in the Epstein criminal proceedings as the Trump Administration moves to unseal grand jury documents related to the case.
A Facebook page suspected to belong to Bailey-Corsey, which was still active Monday afternoon, did not reveal a clear partisan affiliation. The most recent post was from Wednesday evening, showing an anime character telling another character, “Epstein… is alive!!!” The account’s media page displays dozens of Epstein-related and dark political memes. Law enforcement described how they were able to match Bailey-Corsey’s X and Facebook accounts by comparing his profile pictures and account usernames, “enigmagistus” and “enigmagistis.”
A X account associated with Bailey-Corsey was suspended. A court-appointed lawyer for Bailey-Corsey declined to comment on the charges. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida also passed on an opportunity to weigh in on the case.
Law enforcement stated they interviewed Bailey-Corsey on Thursday, July 17th, and he “took responsibility for making the threatening statements and expressed remorse.”
He was arrested the next day.