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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Secret Service suspends 6 agents who failed at protecting President Trump last July

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The Secret Service is in hot water, and they’re not skating by easy on this one. Six agents tasked with keeping President Donald Trump safe during that wild July 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania have been suspended with no pay, no benefits, nada. We’re talking 10 to 42 days of eating ramen and staring at the wall, according to Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn, who spilled the beans to CBS News. “We weren’t going to fire [our] way out of this,” Quinn said, but they’re “laser focused on fixing the root cause of the problem.” 

They screwed up, and they know it.

Those agents are back on duty, but they’ve been demoted to glorified desk jockeys with "restricted roles" and less responsibility. Quinn called it a "federally mandated process," which sounds like bureaucratic speak for "we followed the rulebook, now let’s move on."

Let’s rewind to July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. A gunman, Thomas Crooks, somehow got the drop on the Secret Service, climbing onto a nearby roof and unloading toward Trump’s rally stage. 

Absolute chaos. Trump’s ear got grazed, two other guys were hit, and Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, dad, and husband, was killed. Absolutely heartbreaking. A Secret Service sniper took Crooks out, but the damage was done. Quinn didn’t mince words: “Secret Service is totally accountable for Butler,” he told CBS. “Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again.” 

Thank you, Sergeant Obvious.

The agency’s been under a microscope since, and deservedly so. They’re scrambling to fix what Quinn called the "root cause" of this disaster, rolling out fancy new toys like military-grade drones and mobile command posts to tighten up comms with local cops. But the hits kept coming. 

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Weeks later, another assassination attempt on Trump went down in West Palm Beach, Florida. It got stopped, thank God, but the heat was too much for then-Director Kimberly Cheatle, who bailed after the backlash. Congressional hearings and investigations piled on, and a bipartisan House task force dropped a 180-page bombshell in December, calling Butler "preventable." They ripped into the Secret Service for leadership screw-ups and training gaps that "created an environment" where this kind of failure could happen. Oh, and they didn’t exactly play nice with local law enforcement either. Shocker.

Meanwhile, Corey Comperatore’s widow, Helen, sat down with Fox News’ Alexis McAdams to talk about her loss. That’s the human cost is something the Secret Service can’t just drone their way out of.

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Trump shooter wasn't who he was portrayed to be

The crappy-shot-shooter and failed assassin Thomas Crooks, was not who he was portrayed to be. His high school is making several corrections for the record about the "disturbed and mysterious shooter's teenage years," as reported by The New York Post.

First of all, there is no record of Crooks ever trying out for the school's rifle team, Bethel Park High School said in a statement on Saturday. 

“The coach does not recall meeting him. However, it is possible that Crooks informally attended a practice, took a shot, and never returned,” the statement read. “We don’t have any record of that happening.”

Two former classmates told the newspaper that Crooks tried out for the rifle team, but he was dismissed due to being a “comically bad” shot and for making concerning comments.

Second, he was not a victim of bullying, as one of the students of the school told reporters. Bethel Park High School also went on the record to dispel the “painful misconception” that Crooks was bullied during his high school years.

Third, he never threatened to shoot up the school. Bethel Park slammed allegations that Crooks ever threatened violence against the school.

Bethel Park strongly objected to allegations that Crooks ever threatened violence against the school. He graduated in 2022.

“In 2019, there was an unfortunate incident involving threats made by a different student against specific school administrators. That incident was thoroughly investigated and quickly addressed, and the student involved received appropriate discipline” the school said.

"Mr. Crooks excelled academically, regularly attended school, and had no disciplinary incidents,” they added.

“It had no connection whatsoever to Thomas Crooks.”

“According to our records, Mr. Crooks excelled academically, regularly attended school, and had no disciplinary incidents, including those related to bullying or threats,” the statement insisted — noting that the district “maintains detailed records, including academic performance, attendance, disciplinary history, and health records” for students.

Perhaps Crooks simply wanted that 15 minutes of fame, and yes, he got it. I suspect his parents aren't very proud of his failed attempt of assassinating Donald J. Trump. 

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