New Hampshire man charged with threatening to kill Vivek Ramaswamy and all who attended his presidential campaign event
On December 11, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire announced that a Dover, New Hampshire, man had been arrested and charged in connection with sending text messages that threatened a presidential candidate and attendees at a campaign event scheduled to take place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tyler Anderson, 30, was charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another.
The presidential candidate that Anderson was threatening to kill was identified by WMUR as Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Anderson made his initial appearance in federal court in Concord on December 11.
Background: Anderson received a text message from Ramaswamy’s campaign notifying him of a political event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Anderson responded to the text message on December 8, 2023, by stating:
“Great, another opportunity for me to blow his brains out!” and “I’m going to kill everyone who attends and then f*** their corpses.”
Ramaswamy’s campaign released a statement on Monday regarding the threat which read, “We are grateful to law enforcement for their swiftness and professionalism in handling this matter and pray for the safety of all Americans.”
The charge against Anderson provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.
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(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Hampshire)
(Vivek Ramaswamy cover photo, Image credit: Twitter)
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