A 25-year-old Michigan man faces federal charges after he allegedly threatened violence against conservative Christians because former President Donald Trump won the presidential election.

Isaac Sissel of Ann Arbor was arrested Tuesday morning and charged in a federal criminal complaint with making a threatening communication, according to a statement of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Prosecutors said the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia received an anonymous online threat on Nov. 2, which included details about a planned attack.

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The threat included plans to “carry out an attack on conservative Christian filth should Trump win the election.”

According to prosecutors, Sissel claimed to have a stolen AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and “a target I refuse to name so I can continue to get away with my plans.”

“Without a specific victim or the ability to find the location where I hid the gun, there is nothing the FBI can do until I complete the attack,” the statement allegedly said.

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Nov. 4 stated that the FBI was able to trace the threat to Sissel using phone records and an IP address. The investigation also connected Sissel to several Reddit accounts, including usernames such as “ShootUpTrumpRally,” “PlanningToShootTrump” and “WillShootTrumpSoon.”

Reddit confirmed that these accounts were banned from the platform, according to the complaint.

On Nov. 4, federal agents interviewed Sissel at a Travelodge in Canton, Michigan, where he allegedly expressed his disdain for conservative Christians, according to the complaint.

“Sissel said he would not kill Trump, but if he knew someone was going to assassinate Trump, it was his (Sissel’s) duty not to intervene,” court records state. “Sissel said he hated conservative Christians, whom he enjoyed threatening.”

Officers did not find any gun in Sissel’s possession, the complaint adds, which prosecutors say “is not surprising given that Sissel stated that he ‘hid the gun.'” He also claimed to have a chemical irritant in his possession, but was prevented from accessing it by officers, according to prosecutors.

Sissel also told officers that Trump was a threat and a “piece of s— who should have been killed, and that everything would be better if Trump was dead,” according to the court document.

He also said he frequently slept near a rehab clinic in Ann Arbor and “was angry at the people” who went to the clinic, including some whom he identified as “Christians.”

“He said he frequently harassed patients at the clinic, telling them he was selling drugs and mocking their religion,” the complaint adds.

Investigators did not believe Sissel had a “consistent residence” and had “no known consistent address” in Michigan. He also has a criminal record, prosecutors said, including arrests and warrants for harassment and stalking.

Sissel was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon, but it was unclear whether that hearing took place or was rescheduled.