WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury returned to seven-count indictment against a Utah man, alleging that he threatened President Donald Trump and select administration officials, some of which contained the natural ingredients used to make the deadly poison ricin.

William Clyde Allen III, 39, Trustee, James Mattis, FBI Director, Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and others were seized by federal investigators.

Allen entered a guilty plea in Salt Lake City federal court, where U.S. District Judge David Sam set a Dec. 26 trial date.

"Jack and the Bean Stock Powder Missile," according to short documents.

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Ricin can be extracted from the seeds of the castor bean, and there is no known antidote for ricin poisoning.

Allen faces a maximum punishment of life in prison if convicted of threatening to use the biological toxin as a weapon.

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