Concerns for the safety of former President Donald Trump have never been higher. Less than one month after a harrowing failed assassination attempt, President Trump’s campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia was broken into by an unknown suspect. The break-in occurred this last Sunday evening as President Trump was traveling between a series of rallies in Montana and Wyoming.

That suspect has now been identified by Loudon County police as 39-year-old Toby Shane Kessler. Court records reveal that Kessler, a registered Democrat hailing originally from San Francisco, has a long history of criminal behavior.

Kessler’s rap sheet includes a string of jewelry store burglaries totaling over $250,000, grand theft, assault, battery on transportation personnel, fraud, exhibiting a deadly weapon, possessing a weapon on school grounds, prowling, vandalism, resisting arrest, threats of violence, loitering, impersonation, and failure to appear on a felony charge. He has been booked at least sixteen times in three states just within the last decade.

“With a rap sheet like that, why was he released from custody time and again, by multiple jurisdictions?” asks one Twitter/X user. “We really have to start holding judges accountable for releasing dangerous felons before their sentences are served.”

The suspect remains at large. Presently, authorities are working to locate him and have issued a warrant for his arrest. He is charged with burglary and entering with the intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felony. 

“The burglary occurred at approximately 8:11 PM and was captured by surveillance video inside the office,” reads a press release by the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. “He appears to have left nothing behind, and it is still unclear what, if anything, he took with him. The investigation is ongoing.”

While it is still unclear what Kessler’s exact intentions were during the break-in, the fact that he chose to target President Trump’s office is significant. Given the heightened tensions, every angle should be investigated thoroughly.

“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said in a statement. Chapman went on to say that the department is hard at work “[investigating] why it happened.”

Some of Trump’s critics have, in the past, accused the former President of catastrophizing the bad things that happen to him. But Trump has been quiet on the matter—perhaps opting not to draw further attention to the incident for the safety of his campaign team.

The incident also coincides with a recent FBI announcement that it has opened an investigation into the apparent hacking of Trump’s presidential campaign which resulted in the release of sensitive campaign documents.

None of the aforementioned examples are random, unpremeditated acts of criminality. They are targeted attempts to hurt former President Trump, both figuratively and literally. This recent surge in politically-motivated attacks should be taken extremely seriously—not as a string of isolated events—wherever you may stand on the political spectrum.

“It feels as though decades of politics have taken place in these past 30 days,” opines Fox’s David Marcus. “We have emerged in a very different situation, and if prelude is precursor, the next 84 days shall not want for more surprises.”