Overview
- Raymond Eugene Chandler III, a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate hopeful, was arrested and charged with federal offenses for threatening a member of Congress and urging the lawmaker to kill President Donald Trump.
- According to the affidavit, an April 29 voicemail urged the lawmaker to walk into the Oval Office and shoot the President, using explicit language that investigators quoted verbatim.
- Authorities say an April 18 voicemail described a scenario where a mob would drag the lawmaker from his home and slit his and his daughter's throats, which prosecutors cite as a threat against a family member.
- The FBI reviewed voicemails going back about a year, with some messages allegedly including Chandler’s name and address, and the charging affidavit was unsealed on May 1.
- Court filings do not identify the targeted lawmaker, whom Chandler referred to as a senator, and a court-appointed lawyer declined comment as a detention hearing was scheduled for May 8.