Court Filing Requesting Presidential Assassination Attempt Results in Criminal Charges

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An Arizona man, Rene Ortiz, filed a civil lawsuit in September asking that President Trump be removed from the ballot, citing among others things a belief that the previous two assassination attempts against President Trump were hoaxes. The lawsuit was denied by a judge for failing to pay a filing fee. As part of his appeal to the ruling, Ortiz filed a motion requesting that the judge allow him to attempt to shoot President Trump with a rifle from 300 yards away. If he was unsuccessful, he requested the judge honor his original request of removing President Trump from the ballot.

Ortiz was arrested on January 17th and charged with threatening President Trump. An initial appearance was held yesterday. A judge denied Ortiz’ request to be released pending trial.

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