Pennsylvania Democrat Senate Candidate Federally Charged After Alleged Graphic Death Threats Against Member of Congress, his daughter, and President Trump.

Raymond Chandler the Turd Third

A Pennsylvania man has been federally charged after the FBI said he made graphic death threats against a member of Congress, the member's daughter, and President Donald Trump between April 2025 and January of this year.

According to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Raymond Chandler III, who recently declared his candidacy for U.S. Senate as a Democrat in the 2028 election cycle, faces charges for influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening a family member, and by threatening a federal official.

He allegedly left the first voicemail for the unnamed Congress member on April 18, 2025, according to an arrest affidavit.

"Sir, I have, uh, I'm calling this morning ’cause I want you to imagine a scenario. I want you to imagine a scenario where all the 1,200 billionaires in this country, all their properties are surrounded simultaneously by a thousand people," a voicemail allegedly left by Chandler began."So imagine your house, your daughter’s house, everyone you know and love who is also rich. Imagine every single one of those homes being surrounded by a thousand people," it continued. "Then imagine them all getting a text and then, then suddenly taking out their pocket knives, walking slowly towards your house with 10, you got your 10 guards or whatever against a thousand people, and then they come and they pull you out of your house and they slit your throat and they slit your daughter’s throat and they slit everyone’s throat. That you know, sir, that is the future. It's not a future I want, it's not a future I'm advocating for, but wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country. The greed has gotten so bad. People are suffering so much, sir, that that is what is in our future. You will not escape their wrath. We must redistribute the wealth away from people like you."

On Chandler's campaign website, "Tax the Billionaires" sits atop a list of 16 priorities. He also pushes other far-left staples like abolishing ICE and establishing universal basic income. His goal: unseat Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., in 2028.

On April 29, 2025, according to the affidavit, Chandler called the same member of Congress and directed him to kill Trump.

"You've probably getting quite used to my voice. Sir, I’m calling this evening because what I want you to do is I want you to take a firearm. I want you to put it in your hand. I want you to walk into the Oval Office. I want you to put that firearm to the President’s head, and I want you to pull the trigger and I want you to kill him," that voicemail said, according to the complaint. "I am petitioning you, Senator for redress of grievances. My redress of grievances is that this president is awful . . . He’s a liar among all liars. He’s a great deceiver. He’s the antichrist. I want you to walk into the Oval Office with a gun in your hand. I want you to put it to his temple, and I want you to pull the trigger."

"That is what I want you to do as my agent. That’s what I want you to do as my elected official. That’s what I am petitioning you to do with my free speech," the message continued. "I want you to kill the President. I want you to assassinate the President. That’s what I want you to do. Now, Senator, are you gonna come after me? Are you going to try me because of my voice and what I said?"

The affidavit cites other voicemails left for the member of Congress, including two on April 28, 2025.

In the first message, he allegedly "communicated his concern that some people would be sent to death camps and that he recently bought a seven-inch combat knife and a dagger because he is terrified that his government would kill him."

In the second, he allegedly "communicated his support for armed resistance against ICE, along with his willingness to go to war and to 'personally kill.'"

In another message from Jan. 12 of this year, Chandler is accused of again calling the member of Congress and saying that "violence has become necessary," and communicating his intent to "organize armed resistance against ICE and identified those who deserve death, to include President Trump."

Chandler's May 1 arrest came less than a week after an armed gunman, Cole Allen, allegedly attempted to rush the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held. Trump was present at the dinner, along with high-profile cabinet officials. Prosecutors say Allen wanted to kill Trump and members of his administration.Allen is the third person accused of attempting to kill Trump.

Thomas Matthew Crooks fired a shot at Trump on July 13, 2024, while Trump was speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing the 45th and 47th president in the ear. He was shot dead by the Secret Service.

The late Thomas Crooks

Ryan Routh was convicted in February of attempting to assassinate Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida in September 2024. He was lying in wait for the president on the perimeter of the golf course before being spotted by a Secret Service agent. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Ryan Routh

"On May 1, the U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with the FBI, arrested an individual in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania who allegedly made threatening statements toward federal officials, including President Trump. Threats against our protectees will not be tolerated," the Secret Service told Fox News Digital. "We will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to ensure that anyone that threatens to harm the President is held accountable for their actions."

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Jury Nails Would-Be Trump Assassin, Then He Totally Loses It

It's official: Ryan Routh, the cretin who thought he could take a shot at President Donald Trump, got slapped with a guilty verdict faster than you can say "stick 'em up." 

On Tuesday, a jury took just two hours and 20 minutes to decide this Hawaiian hotshot was guilty as sin. The charges was a laundry list of felonious flops: attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, being a felon with a gun and ammo, and owning a firearm with a scratched-off serial number. Dude is looking at life in the slammer. 

But it gets wilder. 

The second the verdict dropped, Routh tried to go full drama queen, grabbing a pen and attempting to stab himself in the neck like he's auditioning for a prison Shakespeare play. U.S. Marshals were quick to shut that nonsense down, restraining him before he could make a bigger mess.

So, who is this trainwreck? 

Routh, 59, used to be a Trump fanboy but apparently flipped the script. On September 15, 2024, Secret Service caught him playing hide-and-seek in the bushes near the fifth hole of a golf course where Trump was swinging clubs. Imagine this: Routh has a semiautomatic rifle, poking it through a fence, aimed right at the former prez. 

For some reason, Secret Service wasn't having it. They fired at him, and the idiot bolted like a scared rabbit. No shots fired by Routh, thankfully, but 45 minutes later, cops nabbed him on Interstate 95. They found his rifle, some bullet-resistant plates, and his fingerprints all over the scope. 

Rookie move, Ryan.

Turns out, the assassination attempt wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing. Routh was obsessed. 

He had been stalking Trump's moves for weeks, Googling his campaign schedule, living out of his car like some low-rent Don Lemon. And more interestingly, months before, he left a letter at a buddy's place, basically saying, "Hey, I'm gonna try to take out Trump, but if I screw it up, here's $150,000 for whoever finishes the job." 

Routh pleaded not guilty and decided to play lawyer, ditching his public defenders despite the judge warning him, "This is a bad idea." 

Spoiler: it was because as his own lawyer, he had an idiot for a client. 

The prosecution brought in 38 witnesses, including cops and experts, to bury him. Routh called three, including a firearms guy who admitted the rifle's scope was crap, held together with glue and tape, but still worked. 

In court, Routh tried to weasel out, claiming, "No one ever intended to kill anyone" and swearing he didn't aim at the Secret Service agent. The jury wasn't buying it, and neither are we. Now he's got a lifetime to think about how not to be a walking disaster. 

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Trump Assassination Suspect’s Nutty Letter to Judge: Wants Death Penalty or Siberian Swap, Ditches Lawyers

The saga of Ryan Routh, the guy accused of trying to take out President Donald Trump on the President's golf course, just took a turn into Looney Tunes territory. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, Routh is serving up a wild cocktail of self-loathing, bizarre demands, and a side of "I’ll represent myself, thanks." 

Fox News’ Griff Jenkins dropped the latest on this clown show during Special Report, and let’s just say, it’s a doozy.

Routh, facing charges for the September 15 assassination attempt at Trump’s Florida golf course, decided to pen a missive that reads like a fever dream. He’s whining about why the death penalty isn’t an option, musing, "Why is the death penalty not allowed? At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love, what is the point? Why is it not all or nothing?" Oh, and Routh has a backup plan: a prisoner swap with America’s enemies. 

Picture this idiot begging to be shipped off to freeze in Siberia for a Ukrainian soldier or traded to Hamas, Iran, or China for someone like Jimmy Lai. "I had wished for a prisoner swap with Hamas, Iran... or China for Jimmy Lai or one of the 40 others, or to freeze to death in Siberia in exchange for a Ukrainian soldier... so I could die being of some use and save all this court mess," he writes. 

Yeah, because that’s how geopolitics works.

He even throws in a sarcastic jab, suggesting Judge Cannon could hand him over to Trump’s least favorite regimes for a quick diplomatic win. "Perhaps you [Judge Cannon] have the power to trade me away... An easy diplomatic victory for Trump to give an American he hates to China, Iran, or North Korea... everyone wins." Sure, Routh, let’s just FedEx you to Kim Jong-un and call it a day.

Then there’s the legal drama. 

Routh is done with his court-appointed attorneys, blasting them as useless strangers who don’t get him. "It was ridiculous from the outset to consider a random stranger that knows nothing of who I am to speak for me... I will be representing myself moving forward," he declares. "They do not want the case and I no longer want to listen to how horrible a person I am — I can beat my own self up; I do not need help." 

The letter drips with despair, as Routh wallows in self-pity, apologizing to the judge for wasting everyone’s time. "Sorry to expend everyone’s time on one so insignificant and useless," he writes, adding, "I am so sorry, I know this makes your life harder." 

He even takes a philosophical detour, pondering, "On that topic of character, that my attorneys said we shall never tread, I am of the thought – what else is there if we do not have any character, morals, ethics, any substance at all, why live, why argue anything." Deep thoughts from the guy who allegedly camped out with an illegal SKS rifle near Trump International Golf Club, ready to kill our President.

Speaking of that plot, prosecutors say Routh set up a sniper’s nest in the pre-dawn hours of September 15, armed with a military-grade rifle, fake IDs, burner phones, and stolen plates. Secret Service agents spotted him before Trump got close, fired shots, and sent Routh scurrying, leaving his gear behind. He was nabbed later that day in Martin County, probably scratching his butt and wondering why his grand plan didn’t pan out.

This guy’s letter isn’t just a legal filing; it’s a cry for attention wrapped in a meltdown. He’s begging for execution, dreaming of Siberian exile, and firing his lawyers because he’s the only one who can properly hate himself. If this is Routh’s idea of a defense strategy, he might want to stick to binge-watching Law & Order instead. 

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Dem. would be assassin wants judge to recuse herself

The Democrat accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at his Florida golf course in September, is trying to get the judge recuse herself from his case because she is a Trump-appointed judge and he would rather like a Soros-funded leftist handle his case.

The scumwafer, Ryan Routh [pronounced "Ruth"] on Thursday requested U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon recuse herself from the case because she dismissed Trump's classified documents case and Routh is worried that he might get a fair trial.

"Mr. Trump is currently the Republican candidate for President in next month's election. On the campaign trail, he has repeatedly praised Your Honor for her rulings in this case," the motion states. "As the alleged victim here, he has significant stake in the outcome of this case too. Were he to become President in the future, he would have authority to nominate Your Honor to a federal judgeship on a higher court were a vacancy to arise."

Yeah, so what?

The failed [alleged] assassin argues the "unprecedented facts and circumstances" of the judge's appointment and her handling of special counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump could "create an appearance of partiality [for the law] in the mind of the public."

Smith charged Trujmp with 40 counts of unlawfully retaining classified White House documents after leaving office and obstructing the government's attempts to reclaim them. The same facts did not apply to Joe Biden who wasn't even president at the time he retained classified White House documents in his garage.

However, Cannon dismissed the documents case in July after finding that Smith had been improperly appointed as special counsel. Smith is appealing her decision which based on law, he should lose.

Routh's attorneys cite federal recusal law in their motion and state the "remarkable coincidence" of Cannon being assigned to both cases might inspire conspiracy theories about the court, as opposed to the "remarkable coincidence" that Kamala Harris became vice president and is now running for president, without a single vote by anyone based on the coincidence of her gender [which she cannot identify] and her race [which is either Asian or Jamaican].

"Given these very low odds, the public may suspect that Mr. Trump’s cases have somehow been deliberately steered to this Court. That perception would irreparably damage the integrity of this Court as an institution, not to mention the judicial process," the attorneys wrote, hoping to get a judge who will not view the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life as a big deal.

"To be clear, there is no evidence that this case (or any other) was assigned in a non-random manner. But conspiracy theories have been based on less. Recusal would thus have the added benefit of preventing the public from harboring such a dangerous perception."

Exactly--it was not assigned in a non-random manner, so let's move on with it.

The filing indicates that prosecutors are taking the defense motion under advisement.

Routh was alleged to have stalked former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf course in West Palm Beach, FL for several weeks and may have planned to head for Mexico upon killing Trump, federal prosecutors said.

He apparently waited around 12 hours outside the Trump International Golf Club with a rifle on September 15, while Trump was golfing. A Secret Service agent luckily spotted Routh pointing a rifle through a perimeter fence and fired at him. He ran like a dog and was arrested that same day.

Routh pleaded not guilty to five counts, including attempted assassination of a presidential candidate [not to mention a former president] amd assault on a federal officer. He already had a previous federal charge with possessing a gun with a filed out serial number, and with illegal possession of a weapon as a felon.

He was ordered in September to remain in custody.

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The case against Routh, the 2nd assassin just got tighter

Known for his big-tooth smile and Democratic Party affiliation,
Ryan Routh mugs the camera

Ryan Routh, 58, is the man accused in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at his golf course in Florida. 

Originally, it seemed like somewhat of a hard task to prove that Routh was planning to kill Trump, but it was discovered that he left behind a note that detailed his plans to carry out the assassination. He brilliantly kept a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, according to the Justice Department. But he failed to display a neon sign on the roof of the vehicle advertising the plan so he was able to get quite close to the 5th hold of the golf course and stick his weapon through the chainlink fence and wait for the former President to appear.

After the failed attempt, the charges against Routh had to do with the weapon "of mass destruction," but Trump complained that the current holding charges against him were too light.

Now, however, it looks like Routh is standing directly below the proverbial fan that gets hit with poo, as the coming charges of the assassination attempt are much more serious.

The new allegations about the note were included in a detention memo filed ahead of a hearing Monday at which federal prosecutors argued that Ryan Routh should remain locked up as a flight risk and a threat to public safety. 

U.S. Magistrate Ryon McCabe agreed, saying the “weight of the evidence against the defendant is strong” and ordered Routh to stay behind bars, in spite of the unspoken protests by the so called Squad.

The latest details were meant to bolster the Justice Department’s contention that the suspect had engaged in a premeditated plan to kill Trump, a plot officials say was thwarted by a Secret Service agent who spotted a rifle poking out of shrubbery on the West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing and then opened fire in Routh’s direction. Yeah, a handwritten note kind of eludes to that notion, but still, he didn't have a neon sign and this will be what the Left might argue.

The note describing would-be assassin's plans was placed in a box that he dropped off months earlier at the home of an unidentified person who did not open it until after last Sunday’s arrest, prosecutors said. The box also had ammunition, a metal pipe, building materials, phones, tools, and assorted letters.

The person who received the box and contacted law enforcement was not identified in the Justice Department’s detention memo and was described only as a “civilian witness.” Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Alexandria Obviously-Commie (D-NY) can be immediately ruled out.

One note Routh left, addressed “Dear World,” appears to have been premised on the idea that the assassination attempt would be unsuccessful based upon his history of screwing things up beyond recognition, commonly referred to as a FUBAR, with the "F" being a slightly different word.

“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,” the note said, according to prosecutors.

The letter offers “substantial evidence of his intent,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Dispoto said in court Monday.

Ya think?

“That’s the message he wanted to send to the world in advance of this incident” he said.

Routh is currently charged with illegally possessing his gun in spite of multiple felony convictions, including two charges of possessing stolen goods in 2002 in North Carolina, and with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. But Dispoto said in court Monday that prosecutors would pursue additional charges before a grand jury accusing him of having tried to “assassinate a major political candidate” — charges that would warrant life in prison in the event of a conviction.

With his winning smile and calm disposition, he will make a fine inmate in a federal prison--just don't drop the soap.

Kristy Militello, an assistant federal public defender representing Routh, asked during Monday’s hearing for Routh to be permitted to live with his sister in Greensboro, N.C., as the case moves forward. She argued that prosecutors had failed to show that he was a threat to the community and noted his track record of habitually showing up for court appearances throughout decades of legal troubles. However, she refused to take any responsibility if Routh somehow escapes or somehow kills Trump in his 2nd assassination attempt.

In addition to the note, prosecutors cited cellphone records indicating that Routh traveled to West Palm Beach from Greensboro in mid-August, and that he was close to Trump’s golf club and his Mar-a-Lago residence “on multiple days and times” between Aug. 18 and the day of the apparent attempted assassination.

He was arrested Sept. 15 after a Secret Service agent who was scoping the Trump International Golf Club for potential security threats saw a partially obscured man’s face, and the barrel of a semiautomatic rifle, aimed directly at him.

Lucky for Trump that Routh was wearing a pink shirt that stood out rather than camouflage that might have gone undetected by the agent who fired at Routh who then sped off before being stopped along a highway. He left behind a loaded rifle, camera, backpack and a reusable shopping bag to save the planet.

The FBI has previously said Routh had camped outside the golf course for 12 hours before his arrest. The Secret Service has said Routh did not fire any shots and never had Trump in his line of sight. 

Big deal. This was too close and should have never gotten this close to the former President.

The Justice Department also said Monday that authorities who searched his car found six cellphones, including one that showed a Google search of how to travel from Palm Beach County to Mexico.

How did Routh get a list of Trump's schedule for August through October?

Who is Routh really?

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Gov. DeSantis will be investigating 2nd assassination attempt on Trump internally

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) addressed the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump saying, "The people deserve the truth about the would-be assassin," possibly referring to both attempts on Trump's life since little is known about both Crooks and Routh, the two scumcrumpets who tried to kill the former president. 

DeSantis wants Routh to stay in the news because the legacy media will lose the story faster than a Harris cackle like they did with the first assassination attempt on Trump:

The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.

The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP…— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 16, 2024

This may require significant intervention. An assassination attempt on a former president is a federal crime, typically placing it under the jurisdiction of the FBI and Department of Justice, even when state laws are involved. The FBI quickly announced that they believe Routh aimed to assassinate Trump, establishing their authority over the case.

The FBI is already investigating the incident as an attempted assassination. The event occurred on Sunday afternoon at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The Secret Service identified a man, Ryan Wesley Routh, armed with an AK-47-style rifle and hiding in the bushes approximately 300 to 400 yards from the president. When agents fired at him, the man fled, according to both local and federal authorities.

Routh ran to a nearby Nissan and was caught shortly after on I-95 as he entered Martin County, just north of Palm Beach County, according to law enforcement officials.

Governor DeSantis has assigned the two state law-enforcement agencies under his control to handle this case. The first is the Department of Law Enforcement, similar to what other states call a Bureau of Investigation. The second is the Highway Patrol, which caught Routh after pulling over his vehicle while he was trying to flee. The big question is how much help and teamwork the FDLE and FHP will get from the FBI and the Department of Justice (DoJ). Even without any political issues, the DoJ is known for not always working well with other law enforcement agencies when their jurisdictions overlap.

Even if the Department of Justice (DoJ) tries to ignore Florida on this matter, Governor DeSantis' announcement and investigation will keep pressure on Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray. DeSantis can make them respond by talking about what his own investigators discover, which will make the media cover the story. When was the last time we got an update on Crooks, his background, communications, and possible connections to others?

Meanwhile, we are still finding out more about Routh. Tanya Lukyanova from the Free Press remembers interviewing the alleged would-be assassin last year for Semafor's report on Americans traveling to Ukraine to fight. Lukyanova tells Oliver Wiseman that she thought Routh was "crazy," but mostly harmless — at least at that time.

Back then, “he was just a harmless loon, who didn’t do anything too crazy.” (Though not totally harmless: records indicate a long list of run-ins with the law in North Carolina, including a 2002 conviction for possessing a fully automatic machine gun.)

To Tanya, Ryan Routh didn't really seem like a hardened criminal. "He reminds me of Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading, to be honest," she said, mentioning the Cohen Brothers’ dark comedy. In the movie, Pitt's character is a clumsy, not-so-bright personal trainer who tries to blackmail a CIA analyst and gets caught up in a messy situation. "He's just a guy who gets too excited and buys into all sorts of wild ideas. Until he actually does something really bad, people don’t think of him as a real threat."

"Ryan Routh wasn't newsworthy until he allegedly showed up at Trump’s golf course with a gun."

But wait, kids, the 2002 conviction was just the tip of the iceberg.

In 2002, the police arrested a suspect who had a fully automatic machine gun, as reported by the Greensboro News & Record. This arrest matched records in North Carolina criminal court, which showed the suspect, named Ryan Routh, had been convicted for having a weapon of mass destruction.

The records also showed that Routh had been convicted before for carrying a hidden weapon, having stolen property, and being involved in a hit-and-run. In these previous cases, he also faced other charges like resisting an officer and driving with a suspended license. For these offenses, he typically received a suspended sentence along with parole or probation.

Overall, court records indicate that more than 100 criminal charges have been brought against Routh in North Carolina, mostly in Guilford County, which includes Greensboro. However, the specific outcomes of each case were not immediately clear.

In other words, Routh definitely wasn't harmless. This makes us wonder how he got an AK-47, or at least a rifle that looks like one, which is what some news reports are calling it. If Routh had a past conviction related to firearms, he shouldn't have been allowed to buy any kind of gun at all.

Routh's son Oran claims that his father never owned a gun, but admitted his father hates Trump:

He said his father hates Trump as 'every reasonable person does, and of course his shooter dad is reasonable in the son's mind.

‘I don't like Trump either,’ as the the apple of the shooter's eye said. He added that his father, a man who allegedly wanted to kill the Republican candidate, is not a violent man. It's the gun that's violent, I suppose. He added that he couldn't believe his father would try to kill the former president.

"He's my dad and all he's had is couple traffic tickets, as far as I know," the son ignorantly asserted. "That's crazy. I know my dad and love my dad, but that's nothing like him."

"I've never known him to own a gun or known him to do anything bats*** like this," the son added.

It's quite possible he doesn't know his father quite as well as he thinks. The Daily Mail reported that they have been somewhat estranged for a while, but the son apparently has no idea about his father's extensive track record with law enforcement.

More on the moron to follow.

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