MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man accused of threatening to kill a federal judge and FBI agents could plead guilty to a misdemeanor count on Tuesday instead of going to trial. Prosecutors said Khaalid Adam Abdulkadir, 20, made the threats over Twitter in December after his friend was arrested on terrorism charges. After closed-door meetings on the eve of trial, Abdulkadir’s attorney said he anticipates there will be a plea agreement. Here are some things to know about the case:

 

The alleged threats

Abdulkadir is charged with one count of threatening to murder a federal judge, one count of threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer and one count of interstate transmission of a threat to injure another person.

According to court documents, he posted one tweet that included the words “kill them FBI” and another saying, “I’m kill them FEDS for take my brothers.”

Prosecutors said the targets of the threats were U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, who has been overseeing Minnesota’s terrorism cases, and the FBI agents and task force officers who are investigating the travel of young men from Minnesota to Syria to join the Islamic State group. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier from South Dakota is overseeing the case because of the nature of the charges.