Prosecutors drop charges against man accused of threatening to kill Trump: 'More of a rant by an idiot'
Posted on AllSides February 12th, 2020
From The Center
Prosecutors dropped charges against a man who was accused of threatening to kill President Trump in an online skit, saying that the video appeared to be “more of a rant by an idiot” than a threat to the president.
The man, 26-year-old Chauncey Lump, dressed as an Arab person for a skit he posted to Facebook Live one day after Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. strike, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
Lump criticized Trump for ordering the strike, according to charging documents, the newspaper reported....
