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Charges still uncertain for Trump aide Parscale. It may depend on what his wife decides.

Two days after police seized 10 guns and hospitalized demoted former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale following a confrontation with police at his waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale, it remained unclear if the analytics guru will face any criminal charges.

But at the very least, he may lose his weapons cache — at least for the short term.

Late Monday, Fort Lauderdale police filed a Risk Protection Order — a court petition seeking to seize Parscale’s weapons — after his wife Candice Parscale, who had called officers to the home on Sunday, said she feared her husband would kill himself and told them that contusions on her arms came from her husband striking her in the past.

On Tuesday, after several failed attempts, a victim’s advocate from the police department finally spoke with Candice Parscale, Fort Lauderdale police said. But by late in the day she hadn’t pressed charges against her husband, who is still believed to be hospitalized.

“Our victim advocate spoke to this victim and provided her with resources to assist her in filing charges with the State Attorney, if she chooses to do so,” said Fort Lauderdale Police Sgt. DeAnna Greenlaw.

A decision on whether to charge Brad Parscale with domestic violence will ultimately be made by Fort Lauderdale police, likely on Wednesday or Thursday after Parscale is released from his state-mandated 72-hour stay in the hospital. The Broward State Attorney’s Office refused to comment directly on the case.

“When police present allegations to our office, prosecutors review everything available in each case to determine if there is sufficient evidence to file a charge and prove it without testimony or cooperation from an alleged victim,” said Broward State Attorney spokeswoman Paula McMahon.

The petition to confiscate Parscale’s guns remained sealed Tuesday and, according to Fort Lauderdale police, won’t become public record until a judge signs off on the request. It wasn’t clear Tuesday if there would be a public hearing or if a judge simply had to sign off on the request. If guns are seized, owners can appeal to get them back.

The case was complicated by timing. Broward County courts were closed all day Monday for the Jewish high holiday Yom Kippur. And the pandemic has caused a general slowdown at the courthouse. Also, Brad Parscale is not expected to be released from the hospital before late Wednesday afternoon at the earliest, further delaying the investigation.

Police noticed contusions on Candice Parscale’s arms after being called to the couple’s DeSoto Drive home in the upscale Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of Seven Isles on Sunday afternoon. A woman with Candice Parscale told police Brad Parscale was barricaded in the couple’s ranch-style home with weapons.

When police arrived, Candice Parscale explained how her husband had come out of his office with a loaded gun several times and how she feared he might injure or kill himself. She claimed he was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, without any explanation. She also said she was frightened enough to leave the home and go to the front yard.

Police eventually coaxed the six-foot, eight-inch Brad Parscale from the home. He emerged wearing shorts and shirtless and carrying a can of beer. He also had put down his weapons. Video camera footage released by police shows that shortly after Parscale placed the beer on the back of a truck, an officer tackled him to the ground. Then several other officers appeared, straddled him and turned him over and handcuffed him. One of the officers appeared to have a long gun.

Up until July, Parscale, who was one of the towering figures in Trump’s successful 2016 presidential campaign, was leading the president’s reelection campaign. He was demoted after a series of stumbles that Trump blamed on Parscale, including an assertion that one million people had requested tickets for a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally in June that Trump ultimately delivered in front of a mostly empty arena. Brad Parscale has been working as a digital director for the campaign remotely from Florida since his demotion.

The incident also came the same day the New York Times released a series of damaging stories about Trump, reporting the president paid little or no federal taxes 11 of the past 18 years and used a handful of questionable write-offs, like for haircuts and consulting fees, to lower his IRS bill.

On Sunday evening, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh blamed Democrats and Republicans-in-name-only for the breakdown.

“Brad Parscale is a member of our family and we all love him,” Murtaugh said. “We are ready to support him and his family in any way possible. The disgusting, personal attacks from Democrats and disgruntled RINOs have gone too far, and they should be ashamed of themselves for what they’ve done to this man and his family.”