Tampa Bay Times via AP/Reuters
The Department of Justice charged a former Florida congressional candidate for threatening to “call up” his “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to kill his Republican primary opponent in 2021.
According to the indictment, William Robert Braddock III repeatedly promised to harm and kill now-Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), identified as Victim 1, and another individual present, known as Victim 2, during a phone call. Victim 2 is described as a “private citizen” and “acquaintance” of Luna.
Braddock left the United States shortly after the reported menacing conversation and was ultimately found and arrested in the Philippines in 2023. He was deported from the Southeast Asian country ahead of his first court appearance in Los Angeles on Sept. 27.
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