candidate Chandler wasn’t just some anonymous person typing threats from a dark room. He was running, or at least performing the act of running, for the U.S. Senate. He had a campaign website, chandlerforsenate.com. He had a fundraising page on ActBlue, which has since been deactivated. He had YouTube videos with actual policy positions, including the wealth-redistribution video that went up hours before his arrest.
His supposed target was Senator John Fetterman’s seat, with his campaign eye set on 2028, not even the upcoming 2026 cycle. That detail matters because it means the campaign was always a long-horizon play, not an immediate electoral threat. Federal investigators say they reviewed all the campaign material to verify his identity and understand the context of his statements.
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