This year has been one that feels more like an apocalyptic Hollywood blockbuster than real life but in this case, fact is stranger than fiction.
We have made it through devastating wildfires, a global pandemic, political buffoonery, riots, and months of racial unrest. And if all that is not enough don’t forget about the real-life murder hornets!
We’ve had enough and the last thing we need is some crazy lady getting arrested for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Oh, wait. That already happened.
A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border. The woman is also suspected of sending similar poisoned envelopes to law enforcement agencies in Texas, officials said Monday.
The letter had been intercepted earlier this week before it reached the White House. The woman was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
CBS News has also learned that the woman was carrying a gun when she was arrested.
Her name was not immediately released, but the woman was expected to appear in federal court in Buffalo on Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Buffalo said the hearing, scheduled for 4pm Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., will occur in person, not virtually.
This isn’t the first time someone plotted to kill Donald Trump. In 2016, before he was elected president, at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Michael Steven Sandford attempted to grab the pistol of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer and shoot Trump to prevent him from becoming president.
