An Allegheny County man has been arrested after allegedly making threats against a member of Congress and President Donald Trump. Officers and agents were seen coming in and out of a home in the 400 block of Biddle Avenue near Pitt Street in Wilkinsburg Friday afternoon. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 the only crew at the scene as the raid was being conducted. Raymond Chandler is facing two charges:Influencing, Impeding or Retaliating Against a Federal Official by Threatening a Family Member and by Threatening a Federal Official Influencing, Impeding or Retaliating against a Federal Official by ThreatAccording to an unsealed court document, Chandler left a voicemail threatening to assault and kill the daughter of the Congress member and the Congress member. Chandler allegedly did so to interfere with the Congress member’s work. Court documents did not identify which member of Congress Chandler left the voicemail for. >> You can read the full unsealed court documents here. Threatening voicemails left for member of Congress Warning: The transcript is disturbing.Court documents state Chandler let the following voicemail on April 18: “Sir, I have, uh, I’m calling this morning ’cause I want you to imagine a scenario. I want you to imagine a scenario where all the 1,200 billionaires in this country, all their properties are surrounded simultaneously by a thousand people. So imagine your house, your daughter’s house, everyone you know and love who is also rich. Imagine every single one of those homes being surrounded by a thousand people. Then imagine them all getting a text and then, then suddenly taking out their pocket knives, walking slowly towards your house with 10, you got your 10 guards or whatever against a thousand people, and then they come and they pull you out of your house and they slit your throat and they slit your daughter’s throat and they slit everyone’s throat. That you know, sir, that is the future. It’s not a future I want, it’s not a future I’m advocating for, but wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country. The greed has gotten so bad. People are suffering so much, sir, that that is what is in our future. You will not escape their wrath. We must redistribute the wealth away from people like you.” Over a week after that voicemail, Chandler allegedly called the Congress member again. This time, court documents say Chandler left a voicemail threatening President Trump.”I want you to kill the President.”During that voicemail, Chandler told the Congress member he wanted them to walk into the Oval Office with a gun and assassinate the president. “You’ve probably getting quite used to my voice. Sir, I’m calling this evening because what I want you to do is I want you to take a firearm. I want you to put it in your hand. I want you to walk into the Oval Office. I want you to put that firearm to the President’s head, and I want you to pull the trigger and I want you to kill him. I am petitioning you, Senator for redress of grievances. My redress of grievances is that this president is awful . . . He’s a liar among all liars. He’s a great deceiver. He’s the antichrist. I want you to walk into the Oval Office with a gun in your hand. I want you to put it to his temple, and I want you to pull the trigger. That is what I want you to do as my agent. That’s what I want you to do as my elected official. That’s what I am petitioning you to do with my free speech. I want you to kill the President. I want you to assassinate the President. That’s what I want you to do. Now, Senator, are you gonna come after me? Are you going to try me because of my voice and what I said?”Multiple other voicemails left to member of CongressChandler allegedly left multiple voicemails between April 18, 2025 and through the final voice mail message on April 29, 2025. Court documents said other messages Chandler left included support for armed resistance against ICE, wanting to build gallows to hang the Congress member, and telling the Congress member that he bought a combat knife because he feared the government would kill him.Statement from the FBI:This morning, FBI Pittsburgh and the U.S. Secret Service arrested Raymond Chandler for threatening to kill federal officials, including President Trump and a member of Congress. The FBI will not tolerate threats of violence and will work tirelessly to protect public officials and all members of our communities. This arrest is a great example of our work with our law enforcement partners at the USSS, the U.S Capitol Police and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is going over court documents to learn more about this case and will bring you the latest developments as they become available.

WILKINSBURG, Pa. —

An Allegheny County man has been arrested after allegedly making threats against a member of Congress and President Donald Trump.

Officers and agents were seen coming in and out of a home in the 400 block of Biddle Avenue near Pitt Street in Wilkinsburg Friday afternoon.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 the only crew at the scene as the raid was being conducted.

Raymond Chandler is facing two charges:

Influencing, Impeding or Retaliating Against a Federal Official by Threatening a Family Member and by Threatening a Federal Official Influencing, Impeding or Retaliating against a Federal Official by Threat

According to an unsealed court document, Chandler left a voicemail threatening to assault and kill the daughter of the Congress member and the Congress member. Chandler allegedly did so to interfere with the Congress member’s work. Court documents did not identify which member of Congress Chandler left the voicemail for.

>> You can read the full unsealed court documents here.

Threatening voicemails left for member of Congress

Warning: The transcript is disturbing.

Court documents state Chandler let the following voicemail on April 18:

“Sir, I have, uh, I’m calling this morning ’cause I want you to imagine a scenario. I want you to imagine a scenario where all the 1,200 billionaires in this country, all their properties are surrounded simultaneously by a thousand people. So imagine your house, your daughter’s house, everyone you know and love who is also rich. Imagine every single one of those homes being surrounded by a thousand people. Then imagine them all getting a text and then, then suddenly taking out their pocket knives, walking slowly towards your house with 10, you got your 10 guards or whatever against a thousand people, and then they come and they pull you out of your house and they slit your throat and they slit your daughter’s throat and they slit everyone’s throat. That you know, sir, that is the future. It’s not a future I want, it’s not a future I’m advocating for, but wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country. The greed has gotten so bad. People are suffering so much, sir, that that is what is in our future. You will not escape their wrath. We must redistribute the wealth away from people like you.”

Over a week after that voicemail, Chandler allegedly called the Congress member again. This time, court documents say Chandler left a voicemail threatening President Trump.

“I want you to kill the President.”

During that voicemail, Chandler told the Congress member he wanted them to walk into the Oval Office with a gun and assassinate the president.

“You’ve probably getting quite used to my voice. Sir, I’m calling this evening because what I want you to do is I want you to take a firearm. I want you to put it in your hand. I want you to walk into the Oval Office. I want you to put that firearm to the President’s head, and I want you to pull the trigger and I want you to kill him. I am petitioning you, Senator for redress of grievances. My redress of grievances is that this president is awful . . . He’s a liar among all liars. He’s a great deceiver. He’s the antichrist. I want you to walk into the Oval Office with a gun in your hand. I want you to put it to his temple, and I want you to pull the trigger. That is what I want you to do as my agent. That’s what I want you to do as my elected official. That’s what I am petitioning you to do with my free speech. I want you to kill the President. I want you to assassinate the President. That’s what I want you to do. Now, Senator, are you gonna come after me? Are you going to try me because of my voice and what I said?”

Multiple other voicemails left to member of Congress

Chandler allegedly left multiple voicemails between April 18, 2025 and through the final voice mail message on April 29, 2025.

Court documents said other messages Chandler left included support for armed resistance against ICE, wanting to build gallows to hang the Congress member, and telling the Congress member that he bought a combat knife because he feared the government would kill him.

Statement from the FBI:

This morning, FBI Pittsburgh and the U.S. Secret Service arrested Raymond Chandler for threatening to kill federal officials, including President Trump and a member of Congress. The FBI will not tolerate threats of violence and will work tirelessly to protect public officials and all members of our communities. This arrest is a great example of our work with our law enforcement partners at the USSS, the U.S Capitol Police and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is going over court documents to learn more about this case and will bring you the latest developments as they become available.