A French-Canadian pleaded guilty Wednesday to sending a poisoned letter to Donald Trump at the White House in 2020 and should be sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, according to the federal prosecutor in Washington.
Pascale Ferrier, 55, admitted that she made ricin, a potentially deadly poison, in her Quebec home in September 2020 and placed it in threatening letters to the President of the United States and eight Texas agents.
He faces up to 262 months in prison.
His sentence for “violations of the rules on biological weapons” will be pronounced on April 26 and should, if the judge accepts the terms of the agreement reached with the prosecution, amount to 262 months in prison, Attorney Mateo specified in a press release. . graves.
“There is no place for political violence in our country,” he said. “We hope this epilogue sends a warning to those who may be tempted to send intoxicants and threats in the mail.”
According to court records, the letter, which was intercepted in September at the White House mail sorting center, called Donald Trump an “ugly and tyrannical clown.”
“Give up, don’t run for this election” in which the Republican was running for a second term, he added, before emphasizing that he had slipped “a special gift” into the letter, the poison, for “help” to decide.
Texan agents also threatened
The Quebecois had also threatened employees of the Texas police and prison system whom she held responsible for her incarceration, for approximately two months in 2019, for illegal possession of firearms.
After sending her letters to Canada, she drove to the United States and was stopped by border guards in possession of a loaded gun and extensive ammunition. Arrested, she remained imprisoned throughout the proceedings.
Source: BFM TV
