Cesar Sayoc was arrested on Friday morning in Florida after allegedly attempting to mail bombs to at least 12 recipients, all of whom are Democrats or openly critical of President Trump. Sayoc, a 56-year-old registered Republican, is the likely owner of the Twitter account @hardrock2016, which posted gruesome threats and images along with debunked conspiracy theories.

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The account often tied Democratic politicians to liberal billionaire George Soros. Most recently, that criticism was repeatedly leveled at Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.

@Hardrock2016 also threatened to kill director Ron Howard, responding directly to a Funny or Die sketch Howard posted:

Photos that @hardrock2016 believed to be of Vice President Joe Biden's home were posted over and over, alongside threats including, "U.Hug your loved son,Niece,wife family real close everytime U walk out your home."

Higher-profile politicians and celebrities at least have Secret Service protection—or enough money for a private security detail. Such luxuries are not afforded to others who appear to have been targeted by Sayoc. According to the Daily Beast, one such recipient was The New York Times's Sarah Jeong, who is intimately familiar with the ire of right-wing media.

Another was Rochelle Ritchie, a political commentator who was threatened and harassed a mere two weeks ago after a Fox News appearance. She included screenshots of Twitter deciding not to take any action against the offending account:

@Hardrock2016 tweeted dozens of times about David Hogg, who survived the Parkland massacre and has since become a gun-control advocate.

The rhetoric of the account became increasingly violent in recent months. Prior to that, it included a steady stream of conspiracy theories about President Obama, the Clintons, Maxine Waters, and George Soros, who were all sent mail bombs; the bipartisan "Gang of 8," whom he referred to as "Soros puppets" (an interesting charge for senators Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio in particular); and countless others who have said something critical of President Trump.

The vehicle Sayoc was arrested in gives a pretty clear idea of his political affiliation.

Despite overwhelming evidence, conspiracy theories that Sayoc is part of a false-flag operation are already rampant on the more unseemly parts of the Internet (Twitter included). One such conspiracy theorist is Donald Trump Jr., who liked a tweet on Thursday that read, "BREAKING: WHITE POWDER IN BOMBS NOT BIOLOGICAL OR DANGEROUS. LIKELY BABY POWDER. .......FAKE BOMBS MADE TO SCARE AND PICK UP BLUE SYMPATHY VOTE. #FakeBombHoax #VoteRed."

The president of the United States tiptoed right up to a similar assessment a short time before Sayoc was arrested.

That Sayoc's account wasn't removed from Twitter months ago isn't surprising. Nor is Trump's and Trump Jr.'s excuse-making and conspiracy-theorist tendencies. With them leading the charge, it's only a matter of time until Sayoc's arrest becomes a discredited #FakeNews event for Trump followers. Had Sayoc not been the alleged bomb mailer, he'd be right there with the Trumps alleging the same cover-up.