An Allegheny County man is accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump and a member of Congress.<\/p>\n
An FBI spokesperson confirms Raymond Chandler was arrested by FBI Pittsburgh and the Secret Service on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and obtained by Channel 11 give insight into the threatening statements Chandler is suspected of making.<\/p>\n
According to the affidavit, Chandler left a voicemail on April 18 for an unidentified member of Congress, in which he asked the individual to imagine that 1,000 people \u201cpull you out of your house and they slit your throat and they slit your daughter\u2019s throat and they slit everyone\u2019s throat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chandler stated that this must happen because \u201cwealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country,\u201d the affidavit says.<\/p>\n
The affidavit alleges that, on April 29, Chandler left another voicemail for an unidentified member of Congress, saying, \u201cI want you to put that firearm to the President\u2019s head, and I want you to pull the trigger and I want you to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chandler said the president is \u201ca liar among all liars. He\u2019s a great deceiver. He\u2019s the antichrist,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
The member of Congress\u2019s representatives reportedly provided the FBI with \u201cnumerous recordings\u201d of voicemails from Chandler, and expressed concerns about his \u201cescalating calls for violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recordings included threats to Trump, the member of Congress and ICE, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n
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