The Justice Department has charged William Robert Braddock III, a former primary opponent of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, with threatening to send a 'Russian-Ukrainian hit squad' to kill his political rival. Braddock, 41, of St. Petersburg, Florida, allegedly made threats to injure and kill his primary opponent during a phone call, stating he would call up the hit squad to make the rival candidate disappear.
Braddock, who left the United States after making the alleged threats and was found residing in the Philippines, was recently deported back to the U.S. and appeared in court in Los Angeles. Luna and a conservative activist, Erin Olszewski, were granted a temporary restraining order against Braddock, who subsequently dropped out of the race.
