Pam Bondi announces arrest of suspect accused of threatening conservative political commentator Benny Johnson

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi returned home to Tampa on Friday to announce the arrest of a man accused of sending a letter to conservative political commentator Benny Johnson’s Tampa home that threatened to kill him.

The backstory:

Bondi said just days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Johnson received a letter at his home stating that the author hated Johnson because of his views and he wanted Johnson dead.

"This was a coward hiding behind a keyboard, who thought he could get away with this," Bondi shared.

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Flanked by law enforcement officials and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Bondi announced that George Isbell was arrested for sending that letter.

What they're saying:

"We are going to catch you if you think you can do something like this. We don’t care if you’re across the country in California. We will find you. We will arrest you, and we will extradite you and bring you to justice," Bondi stated. "We cannot allow this political violence to continue any longer."

Johnson attended Friday’s press conference and said, "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."

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The letter stated that the author wanted Johnson to be strangled by the American flag and that he hoped someone would ‘blow his head off.’

U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Greg Kehoe said that upon receiving the letter, Johnson immediately contacted Tampa police. Tampa police brought in the FBI and FDLE. The U.S. Postal Service traced the letter back to San Diego, California and FDLE turned around the fingerprints on the letter to identify Isbell as the author. He was arrested in San Diego.

Isbell was charged with mailing threatening communications. 

What's next:

If convicted, Bondi vowed that he would go to prison.

This case is still under investigation.

Bondi said there are other open cases across the country and promised to find anyone who is making threats through the mail, regardless of what political side of the aisle they are on.