Trump threat letter: Undocumented immigrant framed, police say | LiveNOW from FOX

Описание: A Wisconsin man is accused of forging a letter threatening President Trump’s life in an effort to get another man deported. Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday that Demetric Scott was behind a letter sent to state and federal officials with the return address and name of Ramon Morales Reyes. Scott has been charged with felony witness intimidation, identity theft and two counts of bail jumping.

Immigration agents arrested Morales Reyes on May 21 after he dropped his child off at school in Milwaukee. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the arrest, saying he had written a letter threatening to kill Trump and would “self-deport” to Mexico. The announcement, which also was posted by the White House on its social media accounts, contained an image of the letter as well as a photo of Morales Reyes.

The claim started to unravel as investigators talked to Morales Reyes, who doesn’t speak English fluently, and obtained a handwriting sample from him that was different than the handwriting in the letters, according to court documents.

Court documents allege Demetric Scott admitted to penning and sending the letters to the Attorney General, the police chief and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Investigators said Scott claimed he did it to get Morales-Reyes deported from the US and prevent him from testifying against him in an upcoming criminal trial.

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