Well, that’s quite a turn of events.

Threatening letters about President Donald Trump that led to the highly-touted arrest by federal authorities of an undocumented immigrant last month were actually written by a jailed Wisconsin man trying to get him deported, prosecutors said in a new criminal complaint.

 

Demetric DeShawn Scott, the inmate, hoped to get Mexican immigrant Ramon Morales-Reyes deported because he is a witness in Scott’s upcoming criminal trial for alleged armed robbery and battery against Morales-Reyes, a criminal complaint filed Monday says.

“I got a plan. I got a hell of a plan,” Scott, 52, said in a recorded call from jail on April 27, according to the criminal complaint.

 

And in a May 16 recorded call, Scott, referring to Morales-Reyes, said, “This dude is a goddamn illegal immigrant and they just need to pick his ass up.”

 

“I’m dead serious cause I got Jury Trial on July 15th,” the complaint said. “And the judge will agree cause if he gets picked up by ICE, there won’t be a Jury Trial so they will probably dismiss it that day. That’s my plan.”

 

Scott is now charged in Milwaukee Circuit Court with identity theft and felony intimidation of a witness, and bail jumping in connection with the alleged scam. CNBC has requested comment from his attorney

So the question is… do you still deport Morales-Reyes? I think you do. The fact that Scott exposed him does not change the fact that he is illegal. I’d expedite the trials against Scott, hold Morales-Reyes long enough to have him testify if they need it, and then deport him. I’m sure he’s a fine fellow, but we can’t tolerate illegal aliens any more – even the nice ones.