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A Dover, New Hampshire man has been arrested and charged in connection with sending text messages that threatened Indian American presidential Republican Party candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and attendees at a campaign event scheduled to take place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced on Monday. Tyler Anderson, 30, was charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another. Anderson made an initial appearance in federal court in Concord on December 11, 2023, at 2:30 p.m.
According to the charging documents, Anderson received a text message from the victim’s campaign notifying him of a political event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Anderson responded to the text message on December 8, 2023, stating: “Great, another opportunity for me to blow his brains out!” and “I’m going to kill everyone who attends and then f*** their corpses.”
The 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. A Department of Justice statement said that sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation, and it was assisted by the Dover and Portsmouth Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarad Hodes and Matthew Hunter are prosecuting the case.
Ramaswamy, 38, told reporters on Monday that he grateful to law enforcement for “responding as rapidly and as effectively as they did.”
He said, “I’m grateful for the (security) team that’s around us and they’ve been doing a great job in making sure that I’m kept safe. Between retired police officers and ex-military and otherwise, I feel very secure in the position we’re in.”
Tricia McLaughlin, spokesperson for Ramaswamy’s campaign, said, “Our security team worked closely with New Hampshire state police, who are some of the best in the nation. We’re going to let the investigators do their work and figure out who this person is and what their motives might be.”
New Hampshire man arrested and charged for threatening Indian American presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy
