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

MILWAUKEE AP A Wisconsin man is facing charges accusing him of forging a letter threatening President Donald Trump s life in an effort to get another man who was a promising witness against him in a criminal incident deported Prosecutors announced in a criminal complaint filed Monday that Demetric D Scott was behind a letter sent to state and federal executives with the return address and name of Ramo n Morales Reyes Scott was charged Monday with felony witness intimidation identity theft and two counts of bail jumping His attorney Robert Hampton III didn t straightaway return an email from The Associated Press seeking comment FILE This image provided by the Department of Homeland Assurance shows a handwritten letter that Homeland Guard Secretary Kristi Noem claimed an immigrant threatened the life of President Donald Trump Department of Homeland Protection via AP File Immigration agents arrested Morales Reyes on May after he dropped his child off at school in Milwaukee Homeland Protection Secretary Kristi Noem revealed the arrest saying he had written a letter threatening to kill Trump and would self-deport to Mexico The announcement which also was posted by the White House on its social media accounts contained an image of the letter as well as a photo of Morales Reyes But the claim started to unravel as investigators talked to Morales Reyes who doesn t speak English fluently and obtained a handwriting sample from him that was different from the handwriting in the letters according to court documents Related Articles US enhancement likely to slow to this year hobbled by Trump s agreement wars OECD says At present in History June the Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles Romanian man pleads guilty to swatting plot that targeted an ex-US president and lawmakers Stabbing attack at Oregon homeless shelter sends people to hospital man in custody Newark airport runway project wraps up early so when will flight limits ease Morales Reyes is listed as a victim in the circumstance involving Scott who is awaiting trial in Milwaukee County Jail on armed robbery and aggravated battery charges The trial is scheduled for July Law enforcement officers listened to several calls Scott made from the jail in which he talked about letters that needed to be mailed and a plan to get someone picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement so Scott s trial could get dismissed according to the criminal complaint He also admitted to police that he wrote the letters documents declared Morales Reyes works as a dishwasher in Milwaukee where he lives with his wife and three children He had in recent times applied for a U visa which is for people in the country illegally who become sufferers of serious crimes noted attorney Kime Abduli who filed that application Abduli narrated the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that she was glad Morales Reyes was being cleared of any involvement in the letter writing His deportation defense lawyer Cain Oulahan wrote in an email Monday night that the main focus now is to secure Morales Reyes release from custody and the next step will be to pursue any relief he may qualify for in immigration court While he has a U visa pending those are unfortunately backlogged for years so we will be looking at other options to keep him here with his family which includes his three US citizen children Oulahan wrote