New York man charged with threatening to kill Donald Trump
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Thomas Welnicki expressed interest in killing then president in interview with Capitol police in July 2020, complaint says
A New York man upset with what he perceived as Donald Trump's threat to democracy was criminally charged on Monday with threatening to kill the former president, who he once referred to as Hitler.
According to an unsealed complaint, Thomas Welnicki, 72, from Rockaway Beach, expressed interest in killing the then president in an interview with US Capitol police in July 2020 and in several calls to the Secret Service the following year.
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