A 49-year-old man was arrested in CoachellaCalifornia, while carrying a loaded handgun near the Republican presidential candidate’s rally Donald Trumpaccording to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the police statement, “he was arrested without incident and transported to the John J. Benoit Detention Center for possession of a loaded weapon and a high-capacity magazine.”
Agents found the gun in a black SUV near the political event. However, it was clarified that “the incident did not affect the safety of former President Trump or those in attendance.”
The detainee was released after paying bail of five thousand dollars.
It also suffers a cyber attack
A group that helps lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration reported that its computer systems were hackedthe second known case of supporters of the Republican candidate who have been the subject of a cyber attack.
America First Policy Institute (AFPI) discovered the cyber attack last week without specifying what materials were compromised.
“The tactics, techniques and procedures of those who carried out the cyberattack are similar to those used by those who carried out the activities we have seen, sponsored by nation states, which allows us to remediate and respond quickly,” said Marc Lotter, director of communications. of the organization, in a statement.
AFPI is one of several groups created after Trump left office to help lay the groundwork for an upcoming Republican administration.
The institute has been publishing public policy guidelines and drafting executive orders and bills to Trump can implement them if he wins the elections. AFPI’s director is Brooke Rollins, who previously headed Trump’s Domestic Policy Council.
The reported cyberattack comes after authorities confirmed that Iranian hackers had tapped Trump’s campaign team and the email accounts of his supporters.
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Kamala Harris receives endorsements from former presidents
former American president Bill Clinton yesterday urged parishioners in AlbanyGeorgia, to support the vice president’s campaign Kamala Harris for the position he once held.
“Unite people and build, be repairers of the brokenness, as Isaiah says; Those are the things that work,” Clinton said.
Many of the attendees were older adults, but there were some young people scattered in the pews.
Georgia is one of the seven states considered pivotal in this year’s presidential race in the United States, and the votes of black voters could be the key for Democrats to obtain the state’s 16 electoral votes.
The Democrat Joe Biden Georgia won against then-president Donald Trump in 2020, by a difference of 11,779 of the more than five million votes cast.
That was the first time a Democrat won the state since Clinton’s victory in 1992.
Clinton He joined with the also former president Barack Obama to give impetus to the campaign Kamala Harris. The vice president will thus be able to be in several campaign sites on the same day.
Albany is a historic point in the civil rights movement, where Clinton recalled when politics was less polarized and lamented that the political environment has been poisoned with misinformation.
Specialists believe that the next elections will be won by whoever manages to convince undecided voters, as is the case in Georgia.
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