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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Undocumented man accused of making threat to Trump’s life may be victim of frame-up

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Kristi Noem announced the arrest of Ramon Morales-Reyes before it was revealed that he could have been framed for threatening Trump. Photograph: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

An undocumented man who was accused by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Kristi Noem, last week of threatening to assassinate Donald Trump in a letter may have been framed by someone accused of previously attacking the man, according to news reports.

Investigators are said to be looking into whether the letter was an attempt to get the man deported, to prevent him from testifying against his alleged attacker.

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