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07/19/2024

What to Know about the Florida Man Arrested for Threatening President Biden

The individual had been under surveillance since late June

A potential registered sex offender in Florida was arrested and charged with three criminal counts related to threatening President Joe Biden and other federal officials, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday, just days after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.

The Secret Service, which has come under intense scrutiny since Trump’s shooting by a gunman whose motives remain a mystery, has been monitoring 39-year-old Jason Patrick Alday of Quincy, Fla., since late June and, with U.S. Marshalls, detained him on Monday, according to court documents.

Here's what is known so far, as the case—which is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Welch—is now pending trial.

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