(CNN) — A New Hampshire man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly threating to kill three presidential candidates in violent and graphic text messages.
The presidential candidates are not named in charging documents. A spokesperson for Republican hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy previously told CNN that the tech entrepreneur’s campaign was a target of the threats.
The man, 30-year-old Tyler Anderson, is accused of threatening the three candidates in a series of text messages in November and December.
According to prosecutors, Anderson threatened to “impale” and “disembowel” one candidate, “blow” the head off a second, and “blow” the “brains out” of a third candidate. He also allegedly threatened to “kill everyone” at a campaign event.
Anderson is charged with three counts of transmitting an interstate threat. He has not yet entered a formal plea, and his lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
He was charged earlier this month following threats to a presidential candidate during a campaign stop in the state.
The charges against Anderson come as public officials report facing a deluge of violent messages. A recent CNN report found a staggering number of threats and harassment levied at members of Congress and other public servants in the lead-up to what is likely to be among the most politically toxic presidential elections in modern history.
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