| Man
Who Threatened Trump Is Released With Free
SDNY Lawyer Despite Substantial Assets
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, August 8 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on August 8, a detention
or release proceeding was held
by Magistrate Judge Robert W.
Lehrburger on a defendant,
Peter Schleger, charged with
making threats against former
US President Donald Trump.
He emailed DOJ
that "if you can't unsubscribe
me I will blow up a school,
shoot Trump, shoot Garland,
shoot you."
Schleger was
interviewed and said he
"believes that former
President Trump is trying to
get his supporters into political
office so that they can claim
that former President Trump
won the 2020 election."
Complaint on Inner City Press'
DocumentCloud here.
He was
released the same day, on
$50,000 bond. Inner City Press
was there.
Notably,
the defendant was said to have
substantial assets - an estate
- and a friend or romantic
connection in Colombia. He
nevertheless got and has a
taxpayer funded Federal
Defender.
Judge
Lehrburger told him he would
be released but should turn in
his passport and find one
financial responsible person
to co-sign at a date in the
future.
He was
told not to go near Trump
Tower or other Trump
properties, with golf courses
the example given. He was said
to be 78 years old, wearing a
tucked-in green polo shirt.
The US Marshals had a clear
plastic bag with his
belongings, including multiple
medication bottles. The
Complaint says he has a fatal
heart condition. Inner
City Press, the only media in
the SDNY Magistrates Court,
will have more on this
exclusive.
The case is US v.
Schleger, 22-mj-6442
(Lehrburger)
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