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Georgia's Raffensperger Receives Credible Death Threat After 2020 Election

5/13/2026

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The handwritten manifesto with a photo and the word “Boom” over Brad Raffensperger’s forehead was deemed a credible death threat.
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state and governor hopeful, received the threat, with a device found at his Macon campaign stop containing no bomb.
The threats follow a pattern that began after the 2020 election when Raffensperger rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure to alter Georgia’s results.

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The handwritten manifesto with a photo and the word “Boom” over Brad Raffensperger’s forehead was deemed a credible death threat.
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state and governor hopeful, received the threat, with a device found at his Macon campaign stop containing no bomb.
The threats follow a pattern that began after the 2020 election when Raffensperger rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure to alter Georgia’s results.