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The right-wing firebrand, who is rumored to be considering a 2026 gubernatorial run, put himself back into the political spotlight over the weekend when he said his deputies probably had thwarted a third assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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IF everything [the arrested "Trump supporter"] has said is true, and I really hope it is, then he probably wasn’t there to hurt former President Trump,” [the sheriff] said in a text message to The Times. “I definitely said it and can’t change that.”