Overview

• William Robert Braddock III, a former Republican congressional candidate, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for threatening to kill his primary opponent, Anna Paulina Luna.
• Braddock pled guilty in February 2025 to interstate transmission of a threat to injure, admitting to making the violent threats during a June 2021 phone call.
• The threats included claims to use a 'Russian-Ukrainian hit squad' to make Luna 'disappear' if she continued to perform well in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District.
• Following the threats, Braddock fled to Thailand in November 2021, later settling in the Philippines before surrendering to authorities in Manila in June 2023 and being deported to the U.S. in September 2024.
• The case highlights coordinated efforts by the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and Philippine law enforcement to address politically motivated violence and ensure accountability.