WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A South Florida woman is being accused of calling and threatening to bomb two of former President Donald Trump's properties in Florida and Nevada, as well as threatening another Florida Republican politician.
On June 6, a voicemail was left at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County where a woman said, "There is a bomb I left on the side, so hopefully you will get everyone evacuated except for Trump," according to the arrest affidavit.
Special agents traced the first call and tracked down a woman named Martha Jane Schoenfeld, 59, at her home in Boca Raton. In a voluntary interview, Schoenfeld initially denied that she knew anything about threats made to the golf club, but eventually admitted that she had placed the call, according to the affidavit.
Another bomb threat call was placed on the same day to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas from the same phone. A Secret Service agent called Shoenfeld about the second call, which she again denied. Eventually, she admitted to the second call and told the agent she also left a threatening voicemail to Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, according to federal court documents.
According to state voter registration records, Schoenfeld is a registered Republican.
She made her first appearance in federal court on July 12, which was one day before the assassination attempt on Trump. The failed attempt happened in Pennsylvania at a campaign rally when a 20-year-old man shot at the former president with an assault rifle, clipping his ear. The shooter killed a spectator and injured two others before being killed by a Secret Service sniper.
She posted a $25,000 bond after being booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and charged at the end of July, according to documents.
Schoenfeld is facing one count of knowingly making a telephonic bomb threat and one count of threatening a former president. She can face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted of both charges. Her jury trial begins on Sept. 9 in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.
Just a few weeks ago, another South Floridian was arrested after threatening Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance online. Jupiter Police officers found the threats just days after the assassination attempt when the suspect was threatening to hurt the former president, his running mate and their families.
