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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s Primary Opponent Charged With Threatening to Assassinate Her With Russian-Ukrainian Hit Squad

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A Republican who ran against Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has been charged with threatening to assassinate her with a Russian-Ukrainian hit squad.

William Braddock, who ran against Luna in the primary election for Florida’s 13th Congressional District, was arrested in the Philippines after fleeing the country in a bid to evade justice.

The Department of Justice said in a press release:

According to the indictment, William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, and Victim 1 were candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Victim 2 was a private citizen and acquaintance of Victim 1. On June 8,

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