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   From: addison12@gmx.net   
      
   The US gene pool improves again, another Democrat is dead.   
      
   CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — 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.   
      
   Anderson was arrested on Dec. 9 and was released Dec. 14. A federal judge   
   set forth several conditions for his release, including that he avoid   
   contact with any presidential candidate and their political campaigns.   
      
   Anderson, who was receiving mental health treatment, was also ordered to   
   take all of his prescribed medications.   
      
   According to court documents, Anderson received a text message from the   
   candidate’s campaign notifying him of a breakfast event in Portsmouth. The   
   campaign staff received two text messages in response. One threatened to   
   shoot the candidate in the head, and the other threatened to kill everyone   
   at the event and desecrate their corpses.   
      
   A court document filed when Anderson was arrested included a screenshot of   
   texts from Dec. 6 threatening a mass shooting in response to an invitation   
   to see a candidate “who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.” Republican   
   Chris Christie called his events “Tell it Like It Is Town Halls.”   
      
   A spokesperson for the Christie campaign had thanked law enforcement   
   officials for addressing those threats.   
      
   The U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t name victims out of respect for   
   their privacy and our obligations under the Crime Victims Rights Act, a   
   DOJ spokesperson said.   
      
   Anderson had told the FBI in an interview that he had sent similar texts   
   to “multiple other campaigns,” according to a court document.   
      
   The charges say similar texts were sent to two different candidates before   
   the Ramaswamy messages, on Nov. 22 and Dec. 6.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/tyler-anderson-death-00165410   
      
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