Texas Man Gets 18 Months In Prison For Threatening To Kill President Trump
A Texas man named Mickael Eyob Gedlu was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making death threats against President Trump on social media.
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According to The Daily News, the 36-year-old pleaded guilty back in December and faced up to five years in prison. However, he received the reduced sentence and will now serve just three years of supervised release after leaving prison.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Gedlu reportedly wrote “I’m waiting for Trump to visit Dallas before I attempt to assassinate him” in the comments section of a Fox News YouTube video on Dec. 29, 2018. Feds found his threat to be very alarming since he does have a history of targeting the president.
Gedlu had previously been detained by police in Dallas outside a hotel that President Trump attended a fundraiser at. He reportedly carried a sign that said “Kill Trump” and yelling “kill the president.”
The Daily News notes that the Secret Service took on the investigation and were assisted by the Dallas police, prosecutors said.
Trump has not publicly addressed this attempted attack. In the meantime, the President has been dealing with latest pandemic by encouraging states to reopen the economy. So far, Texas and Florida have began to do so.
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