Were any suspects identified, arrested, or charged in connection with 2025 threats against Candace Owens?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows at least one suspect was identified, pleaded guilty and faced sentencing in connection with death threats against Candace Owens earlier in 2025: Haim Braverman of Morris Plains, New Jersey, admitted to making threats and his sentencing was set for September 15, 2025 [1] [2]. Later 2025 allegations by Owens that French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an assassination plot against her are widely reported but lack independent confirmation in the provided sources [3] [4].
1. Known criminal case: a New Jersey man who pleaded guilty
Federal and Jewish community reporting identify Haim Braverman, 47, of Morris Plains, N.J., as the man who posted a video threatening Candace Owens after her TV debate comments and subsequently pleaded guilty; prosecutors described the video as a death threat and noted Braverman’s role as an admin of a group chat called “Real Jewish,” with sentencing scheduled for Sept. 15, 2025 [1] [2].
2. What those sources say about investigation, arrest and charge
The Times of Israel and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency report that Braverman was charged in federal court and pleaded guilty to making death threats; those stories also say the FBI contacted Owens and that the criminal complaint included screenshots and social-media posts linking him to the threat [1] [2]. Those articles present this as a concluded domestic criminal matter with a guilty plea and pending sentencing rather than an unresolved suspect hunt [1] [2].
3. Owens’s later, far-reaching allegations about Macron — reporting and context
In November 2025 Owens publicly alleged that a “high-ranking” French official told her President Emmanuel Macron ordered members of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group to assassinate her and that $1.5 million was involved; outlets including Times of India, Wikipedia summaries and Jerusalem Post coverage relay these claims but note no publicly released corroborating evidence or official confirmation [5] [3] [4]. Several outlets treat those allegations as unproven and report pushback from the accused parties or mainstream media skepticism [4].
4. No provided sources show arrests or charges tied to Owens’s Macron allegation
The set of documents you supplied does not report any arrests, suspects identified, or formal charges arising from Owens’s claims that the French president ordered a plot against her; available sources do not mention arrests or indictments connected to that allegation [5] [3] [4].
5. Reactions and competing narratives in the coverage
Coverage is split: some outlets frame Owens’s Macron claim as extraordinary and largely unsupported by evidence, while others amplify it or treat it as plausible [6] [4]. Axios earlier reported that Owens made other contested claims about threats around Charlie Kirk’s death and that critics, event attendees and Kirk allies accused Owens of fabricating elements of those stories — an example of reporting that presents competing viewpoints [7].
6. Connection to other threats and conspiracy claims around Charlie Kirk
Several stories show Owens publicly linking threats, suspicious flight logs and alleged pressure on Charlie Kirk to broader conspiracies; those accounts are reported and criticized across outlets, but none of the provided reporting connects those conspiracy threads to new arrests in Owens’s own threat cases [8] [9] [10].
7. What we can reliably conclude from the provided reporting
From the supplied sources you can reliably conclude that a U.S. man, Haim Braverman, pleaded guilty to making death threats against Owens and faced sentencing in 2025 [1] [2]. Claims by Owens that the French president ordered an assassination plot are widely reported as her allegations but lack corroboration or corresponding criminal actions in the available reporting [5] [3] [4].
8. Limitations and recommended follow-up
These conclusions are limited to the specific materials supplied; available sources do not mention whether prosecutors pursued other suspects, whether investigators opened parallel international probes, or whether U.S. counterterrorism agencies validated Owens’s later Macron-related claims [5] [3]. For confirmation beyond these accounts, check primary court filings for Braverman, statements from DOJ or the FBI, and official replies from French authorities and U.S. law enforcement.