US EditionFormer Florida congressional candidate sentenced to prison for threatening to kill opponent
- William Robert Braddock III, a former Florida congressional candidate, received a federal prison sentence of three years on Wednesday in Tampa after pleading guilty to threatening his primary opponent.
- In February, Braddock admitted to transmitting a threatening message across state lines following months of disparaging his opponent Anna Paulina Luna, who secured the 2021 Republican primary for Florida’s 13th Congressional District.
- After the primary, Braddock, a former Marine, traveled to Thailand before settling in the Philippines, where he ultimately turned himself in to officials in Manila during 2023 and was subsequently extradited to the U.S. for trial.
- Court records show in June 2021, Braddock told GOP activist Erin Olszewski on a phone call about a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to murder Luna, though no evidence showed contact with foreign crime or steps to execute the plot.
- The sentence underscores legal consequences for political threats and highlights Braddock’s surrender and prosecution following the interstate transmission of a violent intimidation threat.
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Political rival of Florida GOP congresswoman gets 3 years in prison for threats
TALLAHASSEE — A onetime congressional opponent of Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for threatening to have her killed. William Braddock, 41, was secretly recorded in 2021 saying he had access to a “hit squad” and that he could make Luna “disappear,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Braddock briefly ran against Luna in the Republican primary for Florida’s 13th Congressional Distri…
GOP Candidate Who Threatened Opponent Gets 3 Years
In 2021, William Braddock said his rival in a Republican primary in Florida was "off her rocker" when she filed for a restraining order. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to three years in prison for threatening to have her killed, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Braddock was secretly recorded threatening...
Political rival of Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna gets 3 years in prison for threats
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A onetime congressional opponent of Republican U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for threatening to have her killed.
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