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Man accused of trying to get witness against him deported by writing letters threatening Trump

  • A Wisconsin man, Demetric D. Scott, is charged with forging a letter threatening President Donald Trump's life.
  • Scott is facing charges for felony witness intimidation, identity theft, and two counts of bail jumping.
  • Ramón Morales Reyes was arrested by immigration agents after dropping off his child at school in Milwaukee.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the arrest and mentioned efforts to find options to keep Morales Reyes in the U.S. With his family.
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official admitted Wednesday that an undocumented immigrant believed to have been framed for threatening to kill President Donald Trump is no longer under investigation. DHS and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem initially highlighted the arrest of Ramon Morales-Reyes in connection with the threat, before CNN reported that authorities believe he was the victim of a setup. The de…

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Demetric Scott admitted to having written the letters, and said that he did not intend to attack the president, but to provoke the arrest of Ramón Morales-Reyes so that he could not testify against him for a robbery case.

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A man from Wisconsin has been accused of impersonating a Mexican and writing a letter threatening to kill U.S. President Donald Trump with the aim of incriminating the migrant and securing his deportation.Demetric D. Scott, 52, was charged with fraud for allegedly sending the letters on behalf of Ramón Morales Reyes, according to the Wisconsin Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday.In the letters, received on May 21 by the Wisconsin Attorney General's O…

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TMJ4 broke the news in Milwaukee, United States on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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