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Florida congressional candidate charged with threatening to kill primary opponent

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William Robert Braddock III , 41 , of St. Petersburg , Florida , was charged with threatening two people, one of whom the DOJ said was his primary opponent in the 2022 election for Florida ’s 13th Congressional District.

Braddock allegedly threatened to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” and make the primary opponent disappear, according to the indictment.

A Florida court in 2021 granted Luna and a conservative activist and friend of hers, Erin Olszewski , a temporary restraining order.

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