A man from Wisconsin is confronted with charges accusing him of forging a letter that threatens President Trump’s life in an attempt to get another man who was a potential witness to him in a criminal case.
In a criminal complaint on Monday, officers of justice said that Demetric D. Scott was behind a letter that was sent to the state and federal officials with the return address and the name Ramón Morales Reyes.
Scott was accused on Monday of crime witness -intimidation, identity theft and two counts of bail jump. His lawyer, Robert Hampton III, did not immediately return an e -mail from the Associated Press that was looking for commentary.
Immigration agents arrested Morales Reyes, 54, on May 21 after he had dropped off his child at school in Milwaukee. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Named the arrest and said he had written a letter that threatened to kill Trump and would “self -refer” to Mexico. The announcement, which was also posted by the White House on his social media accounts, contained an image of the letter and a photo of Morales Reyes.
But the claim began to unravel when researchers spoke with Morales Reyes, who does not speak English fluently, and obtained a handwriting monster from him that was different from the handwriting in the letters, according to judicial documents.
Morales Reyes is mentioned as a victim in the case with Scott, who is awaiting a trial in the Milwaukee County prison on armed robbery and worsened battery guests. The test is planned for July.
Legal enforcement officers listened to various calls that Scott made from the prison in which he spoke about letters that had to be emailed and a plan to get someone picked up by immigration and customs enforcement, so that the process of Scott could be rejected, according to the criminal complaint. He also admitted to the police that he wrote the letters, according to documents.
Morales Reyes works as a dishwasher in Milwaukee, where he lives with his wife and three children. He recently applied for a U -Vision, that is illegal for people in the country who fall victim to serious crimes, said lawyer Kime Abduli, who submitted that application.
Abduli told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that she was happy that Morales Reyes was released from any involvement in writing the letter.
His deportation defense lawyer, Cain Oulahan, wrote on Monday evening in an e -mail that the most important focus is now to guarantee the release of Morales Reyes and will be the next step to pursue an exemption for which he qualifies in the Immigration Court.
“Although he has a U -visa in treatment, they will unfortunately be completed for years, so we will look at other options to keep him here with his family, including his three American civilian children,” Ooulahan wrote.
