Overview

• William Robert Braddock III, 41, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for threatening to harm his primary opponent in Florida's 13th Congressional District race in 2021.
• Braddock pled guilty in February 2025 to transmitting an interstate threat to injure U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, referencing a purported 'Russian-Ukrainian hit squad.'
• There was no evidence Braddock had connections to foreign organized crime or took tangible steps to carry out the threat.
• Following the 2021 threat, Braddock fled to Asia, residing in the Philippines until surrendering to authorities in 2023 and being deported to the U.S. in 2024.
• The investigation, led by the FBI Tampa Division and St. Petersburg Police, highlighted extensive collaboration with U.S. Marshals and Philippine authorities.