A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Donald Trump and his VP pick JD Vance days after the Pennsylvania rally shooting.
Michael W. Wiseman was arrested in Jupiter, Florida, - 20 miles north of Trump's luxury Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach. Wiseman is accused of threatening to kill the Republican politicians after Trump was subject to an assassination attempt on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Wiseman had allegedly made references “concerning bodily harm” against members of the Trump and Vance families, police say. Police tracked down the suspect in coordination with the Secret Service and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, investigators said.
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It comes after 20-year-old Thomas Crooks was gunned down by the Secret Service just seconds after he opened fire at the former president during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The 78-year-old was just inches away from death after the gunman's rifle clipped Mr Trump's ear and killed a supporter of his in the audience.
And now FBI investigators have revealed to Congress that Crooks had gone online to 'scope out' an unnamed member of the Royal Family. He also looked at other high-profile targets including Christopher Wray, the FBI's director, and Merrick Garland, the US attorney general.
Investigators also discovered that Crooks' devices contained images of Joe Biden and Mr Trump, as well as the dates of both rallies and the Democratic National Convention, which are due to take place in Chicago next month. In addition, US senators were told the 20-year-old killer posted on the gaming network Steam: 'July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds.'
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The FBI cracked into Crooks’ mobile phone, scoured his computer, home, and car, and interviewed more than 100 people, the mystery of why he opened fire on Trump’s rally Saturday, wounding the GOP nominee, remained as elusive as the moment it happened.
It is unclear what the motive is behind Crook's attack as his political leanings were hazy. The shooter was registered as a Republican in Pennsylvania, but federal campaign finance reports also show he gave $15 to a progressive political action committee on January 20, 2021, the day Democratic President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
Without clear insight into what drove Crooks, many on both sides of the American political divide tried to fill the void with their partisan assumptions, evidence-free speculations, and conspiracy theories in the days since the shooting.
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