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

By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand CNN CNN Homeland Safeguard 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 predicament 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 notified CNN Instead investigators suspect the letter was intended to benefit a separate individual who is right now awaiting trial in a robbery and assault scenario in which Reyes is a victim They do not consider the threat to be credible In analyzing the circumstance 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 matter could go to trial sources noted A high-level law enforcement official who was briefed on the circumstance explained CNN that law enforcement determined Reyes did not write the letter when they interviewed him regarding the threat Federal leaders urged for a handwriting sample from Reyes and determined his handwriting and the threatening letter didn t match Further a source stated CNN law enforcement reviewed jail calls made by a person they believe played a role in penning the letters The source commented the person petitioned 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 communicated CNN on Thursday it is inspecting an identity theft and victim intimidation happening related to this development but could not provide details as the inspection 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 reported in an email the matter is under scrutiny CNN has attempted to reach attorneys for each person involved in these cases including Reyes who is now being held in a county jail in Wisconsin Reyes has not been charged with threatening Trump The Secret Facility referred an inquiry about the alleged threat to DHS Sought about the arrest and assertions of a threat against the president a senior Homeland Defense official recounted CNN The analysis 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 communicated 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 asylum seekers 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 held Reyes was the author of the letter The affair comes amid a heightened context of threats against Trump and personnel 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