A New Hampshire man who was charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates last year has been found dead as a jury was deciding his verdict.
Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover, was charged with three counts of sending a threat using interstate commerce has found dead as a jury was making a verdict.
A court filing from Anderson’s trial reads, “The government has learned that the defendant is deceased.”
One of the threatening texts was sent to former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Court documents revealed after Anderson received a text message from Ramswamy’s campaign inviting him to a breakfast event in Portsmouth, Anderson responded by writing he would ‘shoot Vivek in the head, and the other message threatened to kill everyone at the event and desecrate their corpses.’
The FBI reported that Anderson sent similar texts to “multiple other campaigns” but did not specify which campaigns received the threats.
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Per NBC Boston:
A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings Thursday.
The jury began weighing the case against Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover on Tuesday after a trial that began Monday. A message seeking comment from Anderson’s lawyer was not immediately returned. A court filing said “the government has learned that the defendant is deceased.” Prosecutors have moved to dismiss the indictment having learned Anderson has died.
Anderson was indicted by a federal grand jury in December on three counts of sending a threat using interstate commerce. Each charge 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.
The U.S. Attorney’s office did not name the candidates. When Anderson was arrested, a spokesperson for Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that texts were directed at his campaign.
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