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Arizona gunman ‘threatened to kill Donald Trump and his family’ in series of unhinged videos

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An Arizona man was arrested for making threats to kill Donald Trump and his family

An Arizona man has been arrested after posting numerous videos online of himself 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 going to die, your son is going to die,” Tamayo-Torres said in a scary video posted Thursday. “Your whole family is going to die.”

‘This is the reality for you now. This is the only reality you have in your future, dying,” the clip continued. “The Secret Service, the FBI, the CIA and the military are all defenseless.”

Tamayo-Torres was accused of making threats against the president-elect, referred to in court documents as “Individual 1.”

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 in it,” officials said.

Officials also describe in the lawsuits how the Arizona man made threats “almost daily.”

Almost every day, 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 against Trump and his family, attended Trump's rally in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, court documents show

Manuel Tamayo-Torres, who made repeated threats against Trump and his family, attended Trump’s rally in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, court documents show

Tamayo-Torres said he witnessed the 'kidnapping of his daughter' by the president-elect and the Secret Service during the Glendale meeting

Tamayo-Torres said he witnessed the ‘kidnapping of his daughter’ by the president-elect and the Secret Service during the Glendale meeting

Even more shocking, Tamayo-Torres even attended a Trump campaign rally in August.

An August 23 video shows Tamayo-Torres at a Trump campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

In the video, the man claims that he “observed (Individual 1) and the Secret Service kidnapped his daughter there.”

Officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) claim they discovered images on Facebook showing Tamayo-Torres holding a verified arsenal of weapons.

He brandished an AR-15, a rifle and a shotgun in one video, ATF officials allege in the court documents.

Tamayo-Torres was arrested in California after videos showed him around the San Diego area, although charges were filed in Arizona.

This is just one of the latest threats against the president-elect in what has been a tumultuous year for his personal security.

During a visit to part of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona in August, DailyMail.com tipped Trump off that another Arizona man who had made death threats against the Republican was at large.

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Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, tours the southern border with Mexico in Sierra Vista, Arizona on Thursday, August 22, 2024

Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, is wanted by Arizona authorities in connection with an alleged assassination plot against Donald Trump

Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, is wanted by Arizona authorities in connection with an alleged assassination plot against Donald Trump

Trump thanked DailyMail.com for letting him know, saying, “Thanks for telling me.”

Then he said, chuckling, “Let’s get out of here right now!”

It was a surprisingly sharp response, just over a month after the first attempt on his life.

Trump infamously was shot in the ear during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Gunman 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 the Secret Service shortly after opening fire with an AR-15.

The gruesome meeting led to a review of the Secret Service, and soon afterward the former director, Kimberly Chealte, resigned after being ridiculed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress for the numerous security lapses that day.

On September 15, Trump was again targeted by another potential assassin.

Secret Service counter-snipers stand guard during a campaign rally with Donald Trump

Secret Service counter-snipers stand guard during a campaign rally with Donald Trump

Ryan Wesley Routh after his arrest in Martin County, Florida, on September 15. The gunman accused of killing Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was indicted on September 24, 2024, on three additional charges, including attempted murder of a leading presidential candidate.

Ryan Wesley Routh after his arrest in Martin County, Florida, on September 15. The gunman accused of killing Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was indicted on September 24, 2024, on three additional charges, including attempted murder of a leading presidential candidate.

Ryan Routh, 58, hid in the hedges at Trump’s Trump International golf course in West Palm Beach with an AK-47 and cameras before fleeing after being shot at by the Secret Service.

Routh is currently being held at a federal detention center in Miami.

Earlier this month, the Justice Department announced charges related to an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump.

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