Manuel Tamayo-Torres has reportedly been accused of posting threatening movies on a “near-daily foundation”
US federal authorities have arrested a person who allegedly threatened to kill President-elect Donald Trump and his household, ABC Information reported on Wednesday, citing charging paperwork.
Manuel Tamayo-Torres, a resident of Arizona, was taken into custody in San Diego, California on Monday after posting a sequence of movies on Fb, together with one on November 13 through which he apparently held up an AR-15-style rifle and made threats towards a sure particular person and his household.
The video is not out there on-line, and within the transcript offered within the court docket information the title of the alleged goal is redacted, and known as “Particular person 1.” The threats towards him and his household are described as “imprecise but direct.”
ABC Information mentioned sources aware of the investigation have confirmed that “Particular person 1” refers to Trump.
In a video posted on Fb on November 21, Tamayo-Torres allegedly mentioned: “You’re gonna die. Your son’s gonna die. Your entire household goes to die. … I’m going to place a gap in your face.”
Investigators mentioned within the charging paperwork that the person was posting “quite a few” movies “on a near-daily foundation” over a number of months, claiming that “Particular person 1” kidnapped and sex-trafficked his youngsters. It’s unclear, nonetheless, whether or not Tamayo-Torres has youngsters.
Among the many different clips he posted, one was from Desert Diamond Area in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, when Trump held his marketing campaign rally within the battleground state, court docket papers mentioned. He claimed that he witnessed “Particular person 1” and Secret Service brokers kidnap his daughter.
Along with the fees for threatening a president or president-elect, Tamayo-Torres has additionally been charged with a number of counts of constructing false statements on federal varieties whereas attempting to buy a gun final yr. On the shape he reportedly indicated he had no felony historical past, when in reality he was convicted for assault in 2003 and legally prohibited from possessing firearms.
Donald Trump narrowly averted demise at a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July, when a bullet fired from round 150 meters away grazed his ear. The Secret Service killed the shooter, recognized as 20-year-old American Thomas Crooks. One other would-be murderer, Ryan Routh, was arrested in September after he set an ambush at a Florida golf course belonging to Trump.
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