Secret Service Investigates Nurse's Knife Threat Against Trump as White House Cites 3rd Attempt
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 1
Secret Service Investigates Nurse's Knife Threat Against Trump as White House Cites 3rd Attempt
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 1
A viral video prompted a Secret Service investigation after Rhonda Lee appeared to say she would drive to Washington and use a knife on President Donald Trump.
The agency said it takes anything perceived as a threat to the president "extremely seriously" but would not comment on specific cases because of its protective-intelligence work.
Michigan Medicine said Lee has not worked at the University of Michigan Medical Center since 2023 and that it is cooperating with law enforcement.
White House officials tied the episode to what they called a broader normalization of violent anti-Trump rhetoric online, coming after what the report described as a third attempt on Trump's life.
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