A man is facing charges accusing him of forging a letter threatening President Donald Trump’s life in an effort to get another man who could testify against him in a Wisconsin criminal case deported.

Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday that Demetric D. Scott, who is awaiting trial in Milwaukee County, was behind a letter sent to state and federal officials with the return address and name of Ramón Morales Reyes, of Wisconsin.

Scott was charged Monday with felony witness intimidation, identity theft and two counts of bail jumping. A court commissioner set a $30,000 cash bail for him during his initial court appearance Tuesday and scheduled a preliminary hearing for June 10.

Morales Reyes, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, is set to appear in court virtually at 9 a.

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