Mentally ill Democrat charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict

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.

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