Demetric Scott admitted he wrote letters in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, who he was charged with assaulting

Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged a man with four felonies for attempting to frame an undocumented immigrant he is accused of assaulting, by sending forged letters in the immigrant’s name with a threat to kill Donald Trump.

The handwritten, forged letters were mailed to Wisconsin’s attorney general, Milwaukee police and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Ice). The story received a flood of media attention and was highlighted by the White House and Trump’s allies, but appears to have been a hoax.

WISN-TV, an ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, reported on Monday that a criminal complaint alleges Demetric Scott admitted to investigators he wrote the letters threatening to kill the president in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, whom he was previously charged with assaulting.

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    I love that the immigrant can now be granted legal status because he was the victim of a crime. It’s a decent silver lining.

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    Wouldn’t it be lovely if Morales-Reyes sued Ice Barbie for defamation? I think about 10 million should wipe her out.

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    Morales-Reyes remains in Ice detention at a facility in Juneau, Wisconsin.

    Well that’s certainly not the silver lining I was hoping for in this terrible story.

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    “30 yard 6”

    Fry that redneck for being too gun-illiterate, and then because he’s a racist piece of shit on top of that.