WATCH: Bondi announces federal charges for man suspected of threatening podcaster Benny Johnson

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against a suspect accused of sending a threatening letter to conservative commentator Benny Johnson.

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Bondi said law enforcement has arrested George Isbell Jr. and charged him with mailing threatening communications.

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“This was a coward hiding behind a keyboard who thought he could get away with this,” she said.

The attorney general appeared at a news conference with Johnson and other officials, where she railed against recent political violence, including the fatal shootings of Charlie Kirk and Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman.

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