A French-Canadian woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday when Washington sent ricin — a poison extracted from the castor plant — to former United States of America President Donald Trump. In 2020, while still in office, he announced that the District of Columbia Attorney issued a statement.
The 55-year-old woman who is serving a prison sentence of more than 21 years If the court agrees to the terms of the agreement with the prosecutor, she will also send the substance to eight Texas state officials he says were involved in an arrest he suffered while in that state was in 2019.
According to the affidavit, the defendant admitted to producing ricin in his hometown of Quebec, which he placed in envelopes containing letters addressed to Trump and Texas officials.
“Our country has no place for political violence and there is no excuse for threatening public officials,” the District of Columbia attorney said. Matheus Graves, after announcing the deal.
The woman even wrote on social media that someone is “shooting Trump in the face.” According to prosecutors, the letters to the former president and officials contained threatening messages and urged the former president not to run in the 2020 presidential election.
The defendant sent all Canadian letters and then crossed the border to the United States in 2020, where authorities arrested her for possession of a firearm and ammunition. She has been imprisoned ever since.
Source: La Neta Neta
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