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Arizona man sought court approval to assassinate President Trump, documents reveal
Arizona's Family 3TV & CBS 5 ^ | 01/22/2025 | Cody Lillich

Posted on 01/23/2025 3:35:30 AM PST by DFG

An Arizona man was arrested days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump for threatening him when he was president-elect.

Secret Service agents say Rene Ortiz made the threats through documents he left at the federal courthouses in Phoenix and Tucson, where he asked for the “court to execute the newly elected POTUS.”

Agents said Ortiz, who claims to be a U.S. Marine combat veteran, brought a letter to the Phoenix federal courthouse on Nov. 5, the date of the 2024 election.

In the filing dropped off at the courthouse, it reads, “I chose to execute the newly elected POTUS by firing an M-16A2 Service Rifle with a magazine of 6 rounds. The Court and the Defendants were warned to withdraw from their campaign.”

Ortiz also said he wants the court to allow him to “make an attempt to shot [sic] at the Candidate with an M-16A2 service rifle with a magazine of 3 rounds from a distance of 300 or 500 yards, the rounds targeting the head not the ear of the Candidate.”

There was no mention in the Nov. 5 document which candidate Ortiz was referring to, but the ear comment likely refers to the assassination attempt on then-candidate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Jul. 13, 2024. A bullet struck Trump’s ear at the event as he turned his head to the side to refer to a chart.

The Secret Service said Ortiz delivered two other documents to the Tucson federal courthouse, where he again said he would be entitled to shoot “THE INCOMING FRAUDULENT ELECTED POTUS FROM 300 OR 666 YARDS AWAY WITH 666 ROUNDS FOR AN M-16A2 SERVICE RIFLE AT THE INAGURATION [sic] ON JAN 20TH, 2025.”

(Excerpt) Read more at azfamily.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: arizona; reneortiz

1 posted on 01/23/2025 3:35:30 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

[Rene Ortiz]

What’s his DU screen name?


2 posted on 01/23/2025 3:39:59 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

“Nuts.”


3 posted on 01/23/2025 3:43:40 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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4 posted on 01/23/2025 3:47:45 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: DFG

Obviously mentally ill or homeless and decided to get 3 hots and a cot via the justice system.


5 posted on 01/23/2025 5:10:31 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: DFG

Well, at least he had the decency to ask for permission. Right? Not just some random shooter.


6 posted on 01/23/2025 5:16:33 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Well, he had at least a 50% chance that some federal judge would give him permission.


7 posted on 01/23/2025 5:27:57 AM PST by LiveFree99
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To: DFG

One of Maricopa Counties beloved Kati HOGG wet back supporters.


8 posted on 01/23/2025 5:45:01 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Dark Days are over. We don't want your criminals. Stop sending your scum to America!)
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To: DFG

Ortiz has a terminal case of the dumb ass.

5.56mm


9 posted on 01/23/2025 5:57:06 AM PST by M Kehoe (Thank you Jesus. )
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To: SaveFerris

BTTT


10 posted on 01/23/2025 6:06:31 AM PST by nopardons
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To: SaveFerris

Did you do that? That’s hilarious!


11 posted on 01/23/2025 6:25:56 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: telescope115; dragnet2

dragnet2 found it IIRC


12 posted on 01/23/2025 7:25:48 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: DFG

There’s truly an overabundance of Dumbasses in this country.


13 posted on 01/23/2025 8:07:21 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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