New Hampshire man charged with threatening Vivek Ramaswamy during campaign stop
(CNN) -- Federal prosecutors announced charges[1] Monday accusing a New Hampshire man of threatening to "blow" a presidential candidate's "brains out" during a campaign stop in the state. Though the presidential candidate is not named in charging documents, a spokesperson for Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that his campaign was the target of the threats. Tyler Anderson, 30, is charged with transmitting an interstate threat.
He has not yet entered a formal plea and will make an initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon.
According to court documents, Anderson received a text message from a presidential campaign about an event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Anderson allegedly responded to the message, saying: "Great, another opportunity for me to blow his brains out!" and "I'm going to kill everyone who attends and then f**k their corpses."
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- ^ announced charges (storage.courtlistener.com)