A woman from San Antonio, Texas, was arrested in Washington, DC, on Friday for allegedly threatening former President Donald Trump. The news comes after a gunman attempted to assassinate the former president during a rally on July 13.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), police received information about a suspect, identified as Cristina Montoya. She had apparently traveled to the nation’s capital, and police found an unlicensed firearm and magazines in her possession. KENS 5 report However, Trump was reportedly in the Hamptons to meet with donors on the day the woman was arrested.
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The outlet said it was unclear what threats she allegedly made against Trump, adding, “The timeline of when she allegedly made the threats in relation to her arrest on Friday is also unclear, but the police report lists July 20, 2024 as the ‘offense start date’.”
“According to police reports, MPD arrested Montoya less than a mile from Capitol Hill and about three miles from the White House. Authorities say the suspect had a gun and magazine at the time,” the KENS5 article reported.
Following the assassination attempt during an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump said Saturday while speaking at another rally in Atlanta, Georgia, that he credited God with surviving, according to Breitbart News.
President Trump described the Secret Service agents who defended him when suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire as “brave.”
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He then described bullets whizzing past him.
“The first time it happened, it was not a good situation. It was just an incredible thing. It was from God. It was from God, because the opportunity… it was from God. For you non-believers, it was from God, right?” he added.
During the shooting, a bullet penetrated the top of Trump’s ear, leaving his face covered in blood.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump gestures as he is escorted off stage surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. (Jean J. Puskar/The Associated Press)
Breitbart News reported on July 14 that Crooks, 20, was from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and that Secret Service officers shot and killed him at the scene.
The attack was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 as he was walking to his motorcade after delivering a speech in Washington, DC. John Hinckley Jr., who was in the crowd, was the victim of the assassination attempt. Reagan recovered from the shooting in March 1981. Three others were shot, including Press Secretary James Brady, who was left partially paralyzed by the gunfire.
A shooting in Pennsylvania left one person dead and two seriously injured.
In March 2019, West Virginia State Police closed Interstate 68 near the Maryland border for several hours after a man reportedly threatened to assassinate then-President Trump and blow up the Pentagon.
According to KENS 5, “Montoya is charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, carrying a handgun without a license and making threats against a former president. Donald Trump is listed as the victim of the latter charge.”
