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Florida Republican charged with threat to ‘call up hit squad’ to kill primary rival
DoJ unseals indictment against William Braddock III, alleging he made threats against Anna Paulina Luna in 2021
The justice department has charged a Florida man for threatening to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to kill his political opponent, the Republican congressional representative Anna Paulina Luna, in 2021.
The department unsealed an indictment against 41-year-old William Robert Braddock III of St Petersburg, Florida on Thursday, alleging that on 8 June 2021 he made multiple threats to hurt and kill Luna – identified as Victim 1 in the indictment – in a phone call with another individual, Victim 2.
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