Former Fla. GOP candidate charged for alleged death threat against opponent

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- William Braddock, a one-time Republican congressional candidate in Florida, is facing federal charges of issuing a death threat against his fellow GOP opponent in 2021, prosecutors announced Friday.

Braddock, 41, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was charged with one count of interstate transmission of a true threat to injure another person during an initial court appearance in Los Angeles, according to the Department of Justice.

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