An Arizona man has been arrested after he allegedly posted videos online that showed him brandishing an AR-15-style rifle and threatening to kill President-elect Donald Trump and members of Trump's family, authorities said.
Manuel Tamayo-Torres posted videos on a "near-daily basis" in which he accused Trump and the president-elect's family members of kidnapping and sex-trafficking his children, according to charging documents filed in federal court in Arizona. One video was shot at the site of a Trump rally held at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Aug. 23, the documents said.
The documents don't identify Trump by name but they describe "Individual 1" as a former president and current president-elect.
In a video posted on Facebook on Nov. 13, Tamayo-Torres holds up what appears to be a white AR-15-style rifle with a 30-round magazine and issues a menacing but difficult-to-understand threat, according to the court documents.
“You see [Individual l], this from far away, [Individual l]... As soon I hear that leave that barrel, I’m already on the foot run after you [Individual 1]," he said, according to the court documents. "And all these little boys and their little badges, off the books, [Individual 1]. They can’t run very fast with a bunch of equipment, a firearm, an AR, a 50 caliber."
Tamayo-Torres also posted a video on Nov. 21, saying Trump's "whole family is going to die," according to the charging documents.
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"You’re Caucasian nothing," he added in the video. "You’ll earn nothing. Aryan money, that’s all you have. You’re a low-life scum. I’ll spit in your f-----g face motherf---er, and if they give me a chance, I’m going to f-----g bury you myself."
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Tamayo-Torres was arrested in Southern California on Monday. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
He was charged with one count of making threats against the president-elect and four counts of making false statements during the purchase of a firearm.
Tamayo-Torres was convicted of felony assault in 2003 and sentenced to five years in a California state prison. Last year, he was served with an order of protection by his ex-wife, the court documents say.
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