A Canadian woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for mailing a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House
FILE - In this file photo provided by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, showing Pascale Ferrier. Ferrier, a Canadian woman who mailed a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
But in September 2020, prosecutors said Ferrier made the ricin, a potentially deadly poison derived from processing castor beans, then mailed it to Trump with a letter that referred to him as “The Ugly Tyrant Clown” and read in part: “If it doesn’t work, I’ll find better recipe for another poison, or I might use my gun when I’ll be able to come. Enjoy! FREE REBEL SPIRIT.”
In a winding speech, Ferrier told the judge that she considers herself a “peaceful and genuinely kind person,” but gets angry about problems like unfairness, abuses of power and “stupid rules." She spoke about feeling like she had done little to support her values while raising her children, and considered herself to be an “activist” rather than a “terrorist.”U.S. District Judge Dabney L.
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