Epstein, Trump officials mentioned in Sacramento suspect’s note

The man accused of opening fire on the hall of a Sacramento ABC television station cited the treatment by the government of the Jeffrey Epstein case as a reason and promised that several members of the Trump administration are “following”, according to a file of the Federal Court, made public on Monday.

Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, is accused of several weapons offenses and interfering with a radio or a communication station for drawing several balls at the ABC10 office window in Sacramento around 1 p.m. Friday, according to a criminal complaint.

Hernandz-Santana was arrested the same day as the shooting. During a search of his car, the detectives found a note which said “to hide Epstein and ignore the red flags”, according to the complaint filed by the prosecutors of the Oriental District of California.

The note referred to the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, his second commander Dan Bongino and US Atty. General Pam Bondi, reading “They are next. – CK from above. “

Sacramento Dist. Atty. Thien Ho said he thought that the “CK” part of the note was a reference to Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was killed by a sniper in Utah this month. In an interview on Monday, HO said the police also found a book entitled “Trump’s worship” in Hernandez-Santana’s vehicle.

A spokesperson for the American prosecutor’s office in Sacramento said that she could not comment on what was in court documents.

Patel said that “targeted acts of violence are unacceptable and will be continued to the extent of the law”, in a position on X.

Hernandz-Santana was born in Puerto Rico and was not recorded as a republican or democrat. The Trump administration faced growing criticisms on both sides of the political spectrum to disclose more information on those who have done business with Epstein, the financier in charge of trafficking of young girls to rich and powerful men before his death by suicide in a federal locking in 2019.

Hernandz-Santana was a retired lobbyist, according to Ho, who said that the shooting was clearly “politically motivated”.

HERNANDEZ-SANTANA registered as a lobbyist in 2001. Its customers included an environmental justice group, California Catholic Conference and California Federation of Teachers, according to state lobbying files.

The day of the shooting, said HO, a demonstration was to take place outside the offices of ABC10 for the decision of their parent company to suspend the end of the evening Jimmy Kimmel on the comments he made on the way the Republicans reacted to the murder of Kirk. Kimmel’s suspension was lifted on Monday and it is expected to return to the air on Tuesday,

Ho said it was clear that the television station was not a “random target”.

“Regarding public security, it is not a question of going to the right or on the left, it is a question of going ahead … It is clear that it was motivated by the current political events,” said HO.

Hernandez-Santana had no significant criminal history and was not known to local police before the incident, according to the prosecutor.

Prosecutors said Hernandez-Santana had fired four times at ABC station, once near the building and three times more at a window in the station hall, according to the judicial archives. No one was injured, but there were employees inside at the time.

In addition to the message invoking members of Trump’s office, the Sacramento police detectives also found a day planner who contained a handwritten note to “do the next frightening thing”, on the date of the attack, according to the judicial archives.

In a legal file aimed at refusing the surety of Hernandez-Santana, the federal prosecutors declared that the note referring to Patel, Bongino and Bondi “indicates that he had perhaps planned additional acts of violence”.

Ho also accused Santana-Hernandez of assault with a firearm and pulled in an inhabited dwelling. He had to appear in court in both cases on Monday. He was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.

Santana-Hernandez risks five years in federal prison and an additional 17 years in state prison if he was found guilty, according to HO.

“When someone firms in an information station full of people full of people in the middle of the day, it is not only an attack on innocent employees, but also an attack on the media and the feeling of security of our community,” said HO in a statement.

The staff writer Laura Nelson And researcher Cary Schneider contributed to this report.