Man threatening to kill Trump and Vance arrested in US
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A man who threatened to kill US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his partner JD Vance in writing has been arrested in the United States, reports Sky News.
According to a statement from the Jupiter Police Department, Michael Wiseman was arrested yesterday, July 19, on charges of making written death threats on social media.
The police said that after examining the suspect's Facebook messages and account, JPD detectives found that Wiseman had repeatedly threatened Trump and Vance, the people who earlier this week became the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively.
“Threats were also made concerning bodily harm to members of the Trump and Vance families,” the statement said.
Sky News added that the arrest took place less than a week after the attempted assassination of the US presidential candidate.
Background
On Saturday, July 13, an assassination attempt was made on US presidential candidate Donald Trump. He was attacked during a rally in Pennsylvania and was shot in the right ear.
The shooter was 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who, according to the Pennsylvania voter list, is a Republican. The attacker was killed at the scene of the shooting.
The attack killed one man and seriously wounded two others.
Later it became known that Thomas Crooks, who attacked Trump, had been posting threats online a few days before the shooting. He published them on the Steam gaming platform.
