Originally published on REDLINE HEADLINES
With every devastating blow President Trump has received this year, it’s amazing that he still manages to get out of bed every morning and run an entire country, half of which seems to be fighting against him.
He has dealt with wildfires, a global pandemic, political buffoonery, riots, and months of racial unrest. As if all of that wasn’t enough he still has to look out for the odd assassination attempt!
The president is lucky enough to still have a fiercely loyal team protecting him at all times or else we may have been welcoming President-elect Joe Biden into the White House a little sooner than anticipated.
From CBS News:
A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border. The woman is also suspected of sending similar poisoned envelopes to law enforcement agencies in Texas, officials said Monday.
The letter had been intercepted earlier this week before it reached the White House. The woman was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
CBS News has also learned that the woman was carrying a gun when she was arrested.
Her name was not immediately released, but the woman was expected to appear in federal court in Buffalo on Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Buffalo said the hearing, scheduled for 4pm Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., will occur in person, not virtually.
This isn’t the first time someone plotted to kill Donald Trump. In 2016, before he was elected president, at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Michael Steven Sandford attempted to grab the pistol of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer and shoot Trump to prevent him from becoming president. He failed of course and was charged with disorderly conduct and with being an “illegal alien in possession of a firearm.”
