Co-founder of Students for Trump arrested on domestic violence charges

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Co-founder of Students for Trump arrested on domestic violence charges

The co-founder of the group Students for Trump was arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges. Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department arrested Ryan Fournier, 30, and charged him with …

The co-founder of the group Students for Trump was arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges. Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department arrested Ryan Fournier, 30, and charged him with simple assault and attempted threats to do bodily harm, Defector first reported . According to arrest documents, the alleged incident took place on Monday night at a luxury apartment complex in Washington DC. Speaking to authorities, an unnamed victim stated she was visiting Fournier – who she had allegedly been dating for two months – when she found him on the floor, “apparently intoxicated”. When she tried to wake him up, Fournier allegedly “started swinging his fists at her and struck her in the face with a closed fist two or three times”, according to the victim, who claimed Fournier had a knife at his side but did not point or use it against her. The victim also alleged that Fournier said: “I’ll kill everyone here.” In an affidavit , a witness who described himself as Fournier’s roommate said when he heard the victim try to wake Fournier, he allegedly screamed: “Don’t touch me, woman!”, “Do you want me to crush your head in with this lamp?” “[Witness] returned to the office where [Fournier] was swinging a handheld vacuum around, screaming at [Victim]. [Witness] got between the two attempting to separate both parties. …

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