FBI arrests leftist Senate hopeful for alleged death threats against Trump, Congress member and daughter

A Pennsylvania antheral has been federally charged aft the FBI said helium made graphic decease threats against a subordinate of Congress, the member's girl and President Donald Trump betwixt April 2025 and January of this year.

According to a transgression ailment filed by the FBI successful the Western District of Pennsylvania, Raymond Chandler III, who precocious declared that helium was moving for U.S. Senate arsenic a Democrat successful the authorities successful the 2028 predetermination cycle, has been charged with influencing, impeding oregon retaliating against a national authoritative by threatening a household subordinate and by threatening a national authoritative and influencing, impeding oregon retaliating against a national authoritative by threat.

He allegedly near the archetypal voicemail for the unnamed Congress subordinate connected April 18, 2025, an apprehension affidavit says.

Raymond Chandler, accused of threatening to termination President Donald Trump, sits extracurricular successful a teal polo garment and suspenders. Photo taken connected an chartless date. (Raymond Chandler/chandlerforsenate.com)

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"Sir, I have, uh, I'm calling this greeting ’cause I privation you to ideate a scenario. I privation you to ideate a script wherever each the 1,200 billionaires successful this country, each their properties are surrounded simultaneously by a 1000 people," a voicemail allegedly near by Chandler began.

"So ideate your house, your daughter’s house, everyone you cognize and emotion who is besides rich. Imagine each azygous 1 of those homes being surrounded by a 1000 people," it continued. "Then ideate them each getting a substance and then, past abruptly taking retired their pouch knives, walking dilatory towards your location with 10, you got your 10 guards oregon immoderate against a 1000 people, and past they travel and they propulsion you retired of your location and they slit your pharynx and they slit your daughter’s pharynx and they slit everyone’s throat. That you know, sir, that is the future. It's not a aboriginal I want, it's not a aboriginal I'm advocating for, but wealthiness attraction has gotten truthful atrocious successful this country. The greed has gotten truthful bad. People are suffering truthful much, sir, that that is what is successful our future. You volition not flight their wrath. We indispensable redistribute the wealthiness distant from radical similar you."

On Chandler's run website, "Tax the Billionaires" is emblazoned atop a database of 16 priorities should helium beryllium elected. He is besides focused connected different far-left proposals similar abolishing ICE and establishing cosmopolitan basal income. He hopes to unseat Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn. successful 2028. 

On April 29, 2025, according to the affidavit, Chandler called the aforesaid subordinate of Congress, this clip directing him to termination Trump.

President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon accomplishment from Miami astatine Joint Base Andrews, Fla., connected May 3, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

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"You've astir apt getting rather utilized to my voice. Sir, I’m calling this evening due to the fact that what I privation you to bash is I privation you to instrumentality a firearm. I privation you to enactment it successful your hand. I privation you to locomotion into the Oval Office. I privation you to enactment that firearm to the President’s head, and I privation you to propulsion the trigger and I privation you to termination him," that voicemail said, according to the complaint. "I americium petitioning you, Senator for redress of grievances. My redress of grievances is that this president is atrocious . . . He’s a liar among each liars. He’s a large deceiver. He’s the antichrist. I privation you to locomotion into the Oval Office with a weapon successful your hand. I privation you to enactment it to his temple, and I privation you to propulsion the trigger."

"That is what I privation you to bash arsenic my agent. That’s what I privation you to bash arsenic my elected official. That’s what I americium petitioning you to bash with my escaped speech," the connection continued. "I privation you to termination the President. I privation you to assassinate the President. That’s what I privation you to do. Now, Senator, are you gonna travel aft me? Are you going to effort maine due to the fact that of my dependable and what I said?"

The affidavit cites different voicemails near for the subordinate of Congress, including 2 connected April 28, 2025.

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In the archetypal message, helium allegedly "communicated his interest that immoderate radical would beryllium sent to decease camps and that helium precocious bought a seven-inch combat weapon and a dagger due to the fact that helium is terrified that his authorities would termination him."

In the second, helium allegedly "communicated his enactment for equipped absorption against ICE, on with his willingness to spell to warfare and to 'personally kill.'"

In different connection from Jan. 12 of this year, Chandler is accused of again calling the subordinate of Congress and saying that "violence has go necessary," and communicating his intent to "organize equipped absorption against ICE and identified those who merit death, to see President Trump."

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Chandler's May 1 apprehension came little than a week aft an equipped gunman, Cole Allen, allegedly attempted to unreserved the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel wherever the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held. Trump was contiguous astatine the dinner, on with high-profile furniture officials. Prosecutors accidental Allen wanted to termination Trump and members of his administration.

A photograph of Cole Allen successful a graduation gown and headdress from 2025. (Cole Allen/LinkedIn)

Allen is the 3rd idiosyncratic accused of attempting to termination Trump.

Thomas Matthew Crooks fired a changeable astatine Trump connected July 13, 2024, portion Trump was speaking astatine a run rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the 45th and 47th president successful the ear. He was changeable dormant by the Secret Service.

An undated headshot of Thomas Matthew Crooks. (AFP)

Ryan Routh was convicted successful February of attempting to assassinate Trump astatine the Trump International Golf Club successful Florida successful September 2024. He was lying successful hold for the president connected the perimeter of the play people earlier being spotted by a Secret Service agent. He was sentenced to beingness successful prison.

Suspected would-be assassin Ryan Routh was arrested by instrumentality enforcement successful Florida successful September 2024. He was convicted of each charges against him. (Martin County Sheriff's Office/ REUTERS)

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"On May 1, the U.S. Secret Service, successful collaboration with the FBI, arrested an idiosyncratic successful Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania who allegedly made threatening statements toward national officials, including President Trump. Threats against our protectees volition not beryllium tolerated," the Secret Service told Fox News Digital. "We volition proceed to enactment alongside our instrumentality enforcement partners to guarantee that anyone that threatens to harm the President is held accountable for their actions."

Fox News Digital reached retired to the FBI and White House for comment. It was not instantly wide if Chandler has an attorney.