Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Some suspect a set-up

By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand CNN CNN Homeland Assurance Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday A undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump promising to self deport after the assassination Thanks to our ICE officers this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind bars Noem wrote in a social media post that included the letter and a picture of the man arrested DHS also sent out a press release The story was picked up by multiple news outlets The president s allies used it to highlight what they see as the dangers of undocumented foreigners and the work of the administration to boot them out of the country The dilemma Investigators believe the migrant was a victim of a setup Law enforcement believes the man Ramon Morales Reyes never wrote the letter which was sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office and other law enforcement agencies several sources familiar with the matter informed CNN Instead investigators suspect the letter was intended to benefit a separate individual who is at this moment awaiting trial in a robbery and assault development in which Reyes is a victim They do not consider the threat to be credible In exploring the episode agents believe the person may have been involved in sending these letters claiming to be from Reyes in an attempt to have Reyes deported before the situation could go to trial sources explained A high-level law enforcement official who was briefed on the scenario described CNN that law enforcement determined Reyes did not write the letter when they interviewed him regarding the threat Federal bureaucrats questioned for a handwriting sample from Reyes and determined his handwriting and the threatening letter didn t match Further a source advised CNN law enforcement reviewed jail calls made by a person they believe played a role in penning the letters The source stated the person inquired about specific addresses one of which received the letter We are tired of this president messing with us Mexicans the letter says adding later I will self deport myself back to Mexico but not before I use my yard to shoot your precious president in the head possibly at a rally The Milwaukee Police Department explained CNN on Thursday it is researching an identity theft and victim intimidation event related to this event but could not provide details as the inquiry is ongoing and no one has been criminally charged at this time Jeffrey J Altenburg chief deputy district attorney for the Milwaukee district attorney s office disclosed in an email the matter is under analysis CNN has attempted to reach attorneys for each person involved in these cases including Reyes who is at this time being held in a county jail in Wisconsin Reyes has not been charged with threatening Trump The Secret Provision referred an inquiry about the alleged threat to DHS Solicited about the arrest and statements of a threat against the president a senior Homeland Prevention official communicated CNN The inspection into the threat is ongoing Over the program of the scrutiny this individual was determined to be in the country illegally and that he had a criminal record He will remain in custody A spokesperson for the US Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin advised CNN they have no charged matter involving this individual and declined to comment further Morales entered the U S illegally at least nine times between - DHS noted in its original press release on Reyes arrest His criminal record includes arrests for felony hit and run criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct with a domestic abuse modifier Related Articles Santa Cruz County resident detained by ICE advocacy group reports Trump ramps up criminal charges against immigrants in California Attack on due process Immigration advocates lambast misinformation fear in Bay Area courts Lopez Trump s immigration reforms are reshaping the meaning of being American Letters Parents must not abdicate responsibility to social media The department would not comment on whether they still maintained Reyes was the author of the letter The occurrence comes amid a heightened setting of threats against Trump and administrators as well as increased pressure on ICE to ramp up deportation numbers In her post Noem wrote that the alleged threat came less than two weeks after former FBI Director Comey called for the President s assassination James Comey has denied the post was meant as a threat or at all associated with violence All politicians and members of the media should take notice of these repeated attempts on President Trump s life and tone down their rhetoric the secretary added