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A 24-year-old Clearwater, Kansas, resident, Jaden Read, was arrested Saturday and federally charged with making threats against President Donald Trump, authorities said. The arrest came before Trump’s scheduled Monday campaign appearance in the Wichita-area.
The Justice Department said investigators began examining the case after receiving a tip about comments posted online in response to coverage of Trump’s planned visit. Prosecutors alleged that Read made statements threatening to shoot or kill Trump, said he had ammunition, and wrote that he had mapped rooftops near the planned speech location.
Read was taken into federal custody and remained detained pending a hearing, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. Prosecutors did not state in court filings whether firearms were recovered or whether Read had undertaken planning beyond the social media posts.
Trump later spoke at a campaign rally for Republican Senator Roger Marshall in Park City, Kansas. U.S. Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser said threats and acts of political violence would not be tolerated, while noting that constitutional protections for speech have legal limits.
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