Donald Trump, target of death threats. A man was arrested this Monday, November 25, in California, United States, for threatening online to kill the newly elected president and his family, US media reports.
The court documents do not directly identify Donald Trump, but refer to him as a public figure, former president and current president-elect against whom “vague but direct threats” were made.
The American media ABC News states that sources close to the investigation have confirmed that these threats were indeed directed at Donald Trump.
In a video posted to Facebook on Thursday, November 21, suspect Manuel Tamayo-Torres said, according to CNN, “you are going to die, your son is going to die. Your family is going to die. This is the reality now for you it is the only one.” reality that you have in your future, (…), die.”
“A white AR-15 type rifle”
Previously, in another video, the Arizona man threatened to shoot Donald Trump while brandishing “what appears to be a white AR-15 style rifle with a 30-round magazine inserted inside.”
In addition to death threats, the suspect posted videos “almost daily” insulting Donald Trump or transmitting strange information. In one of them, Manuel Tamayo-Torres claims, for example, that the 47th president of the United States and the secret services kidnapped his daughter. This video was published on August 23 from the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona where the Republican candidate held a meeting that same day in the afternoon.
Also during this meeting he announced his desire to create an independent commission to investigate assassination attempts, such as the one he was a victim of in July in Pennsylvania.
Manuel Tamayo-Torres is also accused of making false statements on federal forms while trying to buy a gun in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2023, according to the documents.
Source: BFM TV
