Man Pleads Guilty to “Doxxing” Home Address of United States Supreme Court Justice

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Kyle Andrew Edwards, 59, of Alexander, N.C., appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty to a "doxxing" charge for posting online the home address of a United States Supreme Court Justice with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite a crime of violence against the Justice, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

"Doxxing" is the act of gathering, by licit and illicit means, and posting on the internet personal identifying information (PII), such as a home address, and other sensitive information of an individual without the person's knowledge and consent.

Edwards pleaded guilty to knowingly making public restricted personal information, that being the home address of a Supreme Court Justice, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, and incite violence against the person or a member of the person's family, and knowing that the restricted personal information would be used to threaten, intimidate, and facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against the Supreme Court Justice or a family member.

"Doxxing is dangerous. It exposes officials to all sorts of people that may cause harm, and that harm may be even worse than the doxxer expected or intended," said U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson. "That is why we take it seriously. Threatening or harming federal officials is not the way to change policy. If you want to change policy, get involved and go vote."

According to information contained in documents filed as part of Edwards' plea and the plea hearing, from April through June 2026, Edwards frequently used an online social media account that was publicly accessible to post comments critical of certain United States Supreme Court Justices. Many of the posts were threatening in nature or were responses to threatening comments made by other users. For example, on June 27, 2025, Edwards posted that the Supreme Court "must be destroyed." Two days later, on June 29, Edwards posted that a certain Supreme Court Justice should "buy Kevlar robes."

According to court documents, on April 8, 2025, Edwards used his social media account to post the correct home address of a United States Supreme Court Justice. On the same day, Edwards posted partial or historical information about the neighborhoods or former home addresses of two other United States Supreme Court Justices. On the day Edwards publicly disclosed the Justice's home address, he made several threatening posts toward other Justices. For example, Edwards posted that a different Justice's home address was unavailable online "to prevent people from assassinating him." Edwards also posted that Justices should "think again" if they thought that "their families are safe." Edwards also encouraged others to "start dragging the SC out by their robes," and to turn the Justices "into charcoal." Court documents show that Edwards posted these comments publicly on his own social media account and within conversations in which some other posters were also making similar threats.

Edwards was released on bond following the guilty plea. The statutory maximum penalty for the doxxing charge is five years in prison. Edwards' sentence will be determined by the court based on the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing date has not been set.

This case was investigated by the Supreme Court of the United States Police - Protective Intelligence Unit.

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In a separate case, on April 23, 2026, Wyatt Austin Salus, 26, of Cullowhee, N.C., was sentenced to three years of probation, after pleading guilty to making interstate threats to kill and injure United States Senator Thom Tillis. According to court records, on March 17, 2025, Salus called Senator Tillis's office and left a message threatening to injure and kill Senator Tillis.

The FBI investigated Salus's case with assistance from the United States Capitol Police.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Asheville is in charge of the prosecutions.