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The Jupiter resident who was arrested in July after making threatening social media posts about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee JD Vance entered into a pre-trial diversion program Tuesday, potentially avoiding a formal conviction. Michael M. Wiseman, 68, was arrested by Jupiter Police on one count of written threats to kill or do bodily harm, a second-degree felony, after multiple people reported to police his social media posts, according to a probable cause affidavit. An officer found several posts on Wiseman’s public Facebook and Threads accounts posted in the days after the July 13 attempted assassination of Trump that “praised” the shooting and “were encouraging in nature for others to attempt the same,” the affidavit said. Wiseman posted on July 17: “Some people need to be better shots if they know they are going to kill a monster.” One post from July 18 showed a photo of Trump “in the crosshairs of a sniper scope” that said, “READY, AIM, FIRE.