'I want you to kill the President': Man asks member of Congress to assassinate Trump and threatens to 'slit' the representative's throat, feds say

A Pennsylvania antheral is accused of threatening to termination a subordinate of Congress and asking the typical to assassinate President Donald Trump.

Raymond Chandler III has been federally charged with influencing, impeding oregon retaliating against a national authoritative by threatening a household subordinate and with influencing, impeding oregon retaliating against a national authoritative by threat, according to an affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime.

An FBI cause details successful the transgression ailment the allegations against Chandler, who has a website acceptable up announcing his run for U.S. Senate successful Pennsylvania to regenerate Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.). The leafage breaks down his goals: "Tax the Billionaires"; "Fight Against Corruption"; and "Support Working Families."

On April 18, Chandler reportedly near a voicemail with an unidentified U.S. typical successful which helium stated, "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 1200 billionaires successful this country, each their properties are surrounded simultaneously by a 1000 people."

"So ideate your house, your daughter's house, everyone you cognize and emotion who is besides rich," helium goes on, according to the affidavit. "Imagine each azygous 1 of those homes being surrounded by a 1000 people. Then ideate them each getting a substance and then, past abruptly taking retired their pouch knives, walking dilatory towards your location … 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."

"[T]hat is the future," helium allegedly adds. "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."

According to national authorities, 11 days later, Chandler turned his attraction to Trump.

"You've astir apt getting rather utilized to my voice," Chandler allegedly said connected a voicemail to the aforesaid subordinate of Congress. "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."

"I americium petitioning you, Senator for redress of grievances. My redress of grievances is that this president is awful," helium added, according to the FBI agent. "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," the affidavit continues, citing the alleged voicemail. "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. 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 said that connected this time — April 28 — the subordinate of Congress' representatives "provided the FBI" with accusation astir the suspect. The FBI noted that it reviewed voicemails from Chandler tracing backmost a year, wherever helium allegedly listed his sanction and address.

The suspect besides reportedly targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successful threats successful April 2025, expressing his interest that "some 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."

Chandler allegedly stated that helium would "personally kill," stated his "intent to physique gallows to hang" the subordinate of Congress, and "communicated his realization that violence" and decease to definite radical including Trump "has go necessary."

A magistrate justice successful the U.S. Western District of Pennsylvania has been assigned to the case.

It is not yet wide erstwhile Chandler volition look successful court.