Sunday, 22 January 2017

Woman who tweeted about assassinating Donald Trump under investigation by the Secret Service

 A woman is being investigated by the Secret Service after she tweeted asking if someone would be 'kind enough' to assassinate Donald Trump .

Heather Lowrey from Kenturky posted the tweet on January 17, three days before Trump's inauguration.The tweet was later deleted and Lowrey's Twitter account vanished.
The Secret Service confirmed that Lowrey was interviewed by officers and the incident is still under investigation although no charges have been announced as yet.

An agent told the Courier-Journal:

"Any time threatening communications like that are made, we always conduct an investigation."

Lowrey's former employers were quick to distance themselves from her



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