The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against a man accused of sending a threatening letter to conservative influencer Benny Johnson.
According to the complaint, George Russell Isbell mailed a letter to Johnson, expressing that the influencer needed “to be exterminated,” the DOJ explained. The letter referenced Charlie Kirk, who was a friend of Johnson’s.
Isbell wrote, “Maybe someone will blow your head off!!! We can hope! Planning any public engagements? Love to see your head explode and your blood stain the concrete red. What a sight!”
“Thanks to the incredible teamwork between state, local, and federal law enforcement, this coward hiding behind a keyboard was taken into custody and charged federally for mailing threatening communications,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “We cannot allow this political violence to continue any longer. This arrest will serve as a reminder to many – do not do this, we will find you and bring you to justice.”
“Benny is a well-known media personality, carrying a message very similar to Charlie’s. Grounded largely in faith and love of country. Just days after Charlie’s assassination, Benny received a letter at his home where he and Kate are raising their beautiful, beautiful young family,” Bondi said during a press conference on the matter. “The author of this letter made it very clear that he hated Benny because of his views, and he wanted Benny dead.”
Johnson said during the press conference: “The individual who wrote me described why he wanted me dead. I was a white, cis, Christian Trump supporter. They described in great detail how I would be killed in an open field just like Charlie. How much blood would come out of my head and neck when it would come off. This individual described orphaning my four children and widowing my beautiful wife with great joy.”
In a statement shared on X, Johnson declared, “Let me be absolutely clear: We will not be silenced. We will not back down. We will not break. You lit a fire that cannot be put out.”
