Florida man menaceened political rival with Russian-Ukrainian hit squad: DOJ

The Justice Department indictd a createer primary opponent of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., with menaceening to sfinish a “Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to finish his political rival. 

William Robert Brinsertock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was indictd with menaceening to finish his primary opponent in the 2021 election for the 13th Congressional Diinnervous of Florida, and a declareiveial citizen and acquaintance of his opponent, the Justice Department proclaimd Friday. The indictment, unsealed in the Middle Diinnervous of Florida on Thursday, depicts the aimed individuals as only “Victim 1” and “Victim 2.” 

On June 8, 2021, prosecutors say Brinsertock allegedly made cut offal menaces to injure and finish his primary opponent during a phone call with the second victim, particularpartner stating that he would “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” to produce the rival honestate fade. The DOJ shelp Brinsertock left the United States after making the alleged menaces and was postponeedr set up to be residing in the Philippines. 

Brinsertock was recently deported from the Philippines to the United States and made his first court materializeance in Los Angeles on Thursday. 

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Luna, an Air Force veteran and createer media conferant, was not named in the indictment. While she was running for Congress, however, Luna contfinished in 2021 civil court write downs that Brinsertock, a fellow GOP disputer and createer Marine, was follotriumphg her and wanted her dead. 

A appraise granted Luna and a conservative activist and frifinish of hers, Erin Olszewski, a momentary suppressing order agetst Brinsertock. He subsequently dropped out of the race, declineing the allegations and citing uncoverity from the case. 

Politico increateed at the time that Olszewski had secretly write downed a phone call with Brinsertock in which he shelp an alleged “Russian and Ukrainian hit squad” could finish Luna wiskinny 24 hours. “Luna’s going to go down and I hope it’s by herself,” Brinsertock allegedly shelp in the write downing, according to Politico, which shelp it had geted the write downing in June 2021. “For the better or the outstanding of the convey inantity of the people, we’ve got to give up the scant.”

In a text message to Politico then, Brinsertock increateedly shelp the tape “may even be changeed and edited” and that he may convey civil litigations and seek criminal indicts agetst those in ownion of the write downing. 

In court proceedings seeing whether the suppressing order would be made lasting, Luna, who was finishorsed by createer Plivent Trump twice, testified that she had only increate in-person communicate with Brinsertock at a political event, but heard from cut offal acquaintances that he was allegedly making menaces to have her finished.

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“Mr. Brinsertock clearly disenjoyd my guts and wanted to hurt me,” Luna shelp in court, according to The Associated Press. “I commenceed getting very afrhelp of him. It was horrifying, and it still is.”

“I skinnyk he’s an evil person,” she shelp in September 2021. “I skinnyk he has definitely emotionpartner alarmized me.”

Olszewski testified that she secretly write downed a phone call she begind with Brinsertock in which he allegedly claimed the purported Russian-Ukrainian hit squad would reply speedyly if he made a one phone call – and also allegedly made veiled menaces agetst her three children if she repeated what he shelp. Olszewski shelp she splitd the satisfieds of the Brinsertock call she write downed on an iPad with Luna, and both women called police.

In the novel indictment unsealed last week, Brinsertock is indictd with one count of interstate transmission of a genuine menace to injure another person. 

He faces a peak penalty of five years in prison if convicted, prosecutors shelp.  

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The case was brawt in relation to the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, which was proclaimd by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021 to insertress brutal menaces agetst election toilers. 

Fox News Digital achieveed out to Luna’s office for comment on Sunday but did not promptly hear back. A spokesperson for the GOP congresswoman deteriorated to comment to NBC News about the indictment but shelp Luna has “faced a grotriumphg number of death menaces” in the last month, signaling a “expansiveer and more troubling rerent of aggression in the political arena.”

The Associated Press gived to this increate.