By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-27 19:51:48 | Updated at 2024-11-27 22:34:41
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An Arizona man has been arrested after posting numerous videos online brandishing rifles, shotguns and a high-capacity AR-15 while threatening to kill Donald Trump and his children.
Manuel Tamayo-Torres posted 'numerous lengthy videos' on Facebook threatening Trump and his family and even attended one of the president-elect's rallies in Arizona, court documents show.
'You're gonna die, your son's gonna die,' Tamayo-Torres said in a scary video posted Thursday. 'Your whole family is going to die.'
'This is reality for you now. This is the only reality you have in your future, dying,' the clip continued. 'Secret Service, FBI, CIA and the military are all defenseless.'
Tamayo-Torres was charged with making threats against the president-elect, who is referred to as 'Individual 1' in the court filings.
In another video Tamayo-Torres threatens to shoot Trump before holding up 'what appears to be a white AR-15 style rifle with a 30-round magazine inserted into it,' according to officials.
The officials also describe in the court filings how the Arizona man made threats 'on a near-daily basis.'
Almost everyday Tamayo-Torres posted videos 'where he talks about [Individual 1] and his family kidnapping and sex-trafficking his children.'
An Arizona man was arrested for making threats to kill Donald Trump and his family
Manuel Tamayo-Torres, who made repeated threats on Trump and his family, was at Trump's August 23 rally in Glendale Arizona, court documents reveal
Tamayo-Torres said he witnessed the president-elect and the Secret Service 'kidnap his daughter' at the Glendale rally
Even more shockingly, Tamayo-Torres even appeared at a Trump campaign rally in August.
A video from August 23 shows Tamayo-Torres at a Trump campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
In the video the man claims he 'observed [Individual 1] and Secret Service kidnap his daughter there.'
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials claim they discovered images on Facebook showing Tamayo-Torres holding a verified arsenal of weaponry.
He brandished an AR-15, a rifle and a shotgun in one video, ATF officials claim in the court documents.
Tamayo-Torres was arrested in California after videos showed him around the San Diego area, though the charges were filed in Arizona.
This is just one of the latest threats made against the president-elect in what has been a tumultuous year for his personal safety.
While visiting a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona in August, DailyMail.com tipped off Trump that another Arizona man who had made death threats against the Republican was on the loose.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump tours the southern border with Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Arizona
Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, is being sought by Arizona authorities in connection with an alleged assassination plot on Donald Trump
Trump thanked DailyMail.com for letting him know, saying 'Thank you for telling me.'
Then with a chuckle he said: ' Let's get out of here right now!'
It was a surprisingly chipper response just over a month after the first attempt on his life.
Notoriously Trump was shot in the ear during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks struck the president and several others, killing father Corey Comperatore as he shielded his family from incoming fire.
Crooks was killed by Secret Service shortly after opening fire with an AR-15.
The horrific rally prompted a review of the Secret Service, and soon thereafter its ex-director, Kimberly Chealte, resigned after getting ridiculed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress for the innumerable security failures that day.
Again on September 15 Trump was targeted by another would-be assassin.
Secret Service counter snipers keep watch during a campaign rally with Donald Trump
Ryan Wesley Routh following his arrest in Martin County, Florida, on September 15. The gunman accused of planning to kill Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was indicted September 24, 2024 on three additional counts, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate
Ryan Routh, 58, hid in the hedges near Trump's West Palm Beach golf course Trump International with an AK-47 and cameras before fleeing after being fired upon by Secret Service.
Routh is currently being held in a federal detention center in Miami.
Earlier this month, the Justice Department announced charges in an alleged Iranian plot to try to kill Trump.
