Photo courtesy of The Hill

 

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

According to the US Department of Justice, Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions.

 

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

 

 

Daniel Bubar, Acting US Attorney, condemned Welton’s actions as both “despicable” and an “affront to our democratic system.” FBI Special Agent Robert DeWitt highlighted the severity of the threats, noting that such behaviour aims to erode democracy and will not be tolerated.

 

Senator Tillis, a Republican who has been subject to increased threats amid political tensions of the Trump era, has been proactive in countering intimidation. His office, releasing audio clips of threatening messages, pledged to take legal action against any attempts to target him or his team.

 

On April 10, Tillis's office expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their diligence and stressed the importance of accountability in an era where hostility towards public servants is becoming alarmingly common. Welton’s case serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences tied to making violent threats against public officials, regardless of the motive behind them, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-04-11

 

 

9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

Sounds like a deranged nutcase to me.

1 hour ago, johng said:

Sounds like a deranged nutcase to me.

 

There's a lot of that about recently, I note that this Senator is a Republican which tells us a lot about the unhinged one making the threats.

So this guy gets unsolicited emails from a Republican senator's office (probably espousing foul right-wing ideology about there only being two genders, or taking pornography out of schools, or seeking a donation), and this nut job decides that offing the entire Senate is the solution.

 

I wonder what his forum handle is? 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

So this guy gets unsolicited emails from a Republican senator's office (probably espousing foul right-wing ideology about there only being two genders, or taking pornography out of schools, or seeking a donation), and this nut job decides that offing the entire Senate is the solution.

 

I wonder what his forum handle is? 

 

 

How do you take pornography out of schools?

What were the emails , begging emails from Trump , or emails

trying to push one of Trump's many over priced Chinese made

products ,a few of them would push you over the top.

 

regards Worgeordie

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

Sounds like a deranged nutcase to me.

Yes, Senator Tillis is INDEED a "deranged nutcase".

3 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Yes, Senator Tillis is INDEED a "deranged nutcase".

Easy-does-it Felton.

Control yourself or they will be coming after you next.

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

Yeah, sure.  I could'a hit the "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of the email, or I could'a added the email address to my junk filter, but it just felt so much better to make death threats, y'know.

 

 

Nothing to do with Trump:

 

American living in Thailand threatened to kill Sen. Thom Tillis in 2021

 

Mostly peaceful:

 

Welton also threatened to “mow down” the whole state of North Carolina, and made more intimidating calls to offices of other Republicans and GOP organizations.

 

https://www.wbtv.com/2025/04/11/man-who-threatened-kill-us-senator-north-carolina-pleads-guilty/

 

3 hours ago, jvs said:

How do you take pornography out of schools?

 

Turn off the pornograph.

AH, old news.

He was arrested two years ago when he flew in to Atlanta.

 

Expatriate Charged with Making Multiple Threats to Kill U.S. Senator and U.S. Marines   Tuesday, May 30, 2023

 

RALEIGH , N.C. – Eric Charles Welton, an American citizen living in Thailand, was arrested last Thursday on a criminal complaint charging that he threatened a U.S. senator and members of their staff in September of 2021. He is also alleged to have made threats against U.S. Marines and others working the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in late 2022.  Welton was arrested at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States from overseas by FBI Charlotte and FBI Atlanta Special Agents.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/expatriate-charged-making-multiple-threats-kill-us-senator-and-us-marines

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of The Hill

 

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

According to the US Department of Justice, Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions.

 

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

 

 

Daniel Bubar, Acting US Attorney, condemned Welton’s actions as both “despicable” and an “affront to our democratic system.” FBI Special Agent Robert DeWitt highlighted the severity of the threats, noting that such behaviour aims to erode democracy and will not be tolerated.

 

Senator Tillis, a Republican who has been subject to increased threats amid political tensions of the Trump era, has been proactive in countering intimidation. His office, releasing audio clips of threatening messages, pledged to take legal action against any attempts to target him or his team.

 

On April 10, Tillis's office expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their diligence and stressed the importance of accountability in an era where hostility towards public servants is becoming alarmingly common. Welton’s case serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences tied to making violent threats against public officials, regardless of the motive behind them, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-04-11

 

 

Just goes to show: don't make threats

8 hours ago, VillageIdiot said:

Easy-does-it Felton.

Control yourself or they will be coming after you next.

How did they know he was flying to Atlanta?

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of The Hill

 

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

According to the US Department of Justice, Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions.

 

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

 

 

Daniel Bubar, Acting US Attorney, condemned Welton’s actions as both “despicable” and an “affront to our democratic system.” FBI Special Agent Robert DeWitt highlighted the severity of the threats, noting that such behaviour aims to erode democracy and will not be tolerated.

 

Senator Tillis, a Republican who has been subject to increased threats amid political tensions of the Trump era, has been proactive in countering intimidation. His office, releasing audio clips of threatening messages, pledged to take legal action against any attempts to target him or his team.

 

On April 10, Tillis's office expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their diligence and stressed the importance of accountability in an era where hostility towards public servants is becoming alarmingly common. Welton’s case serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences tied to making violent threats against public officials, regardless of the motive behind them, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-04-11

 

 

He's a case for a mad house than prison. Anyway not the brightest candle at all

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of The Hill

 

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

According to the US Department of Justice, Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions.

 

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

 

 

Daniel Bubar, Acting US Attorney, condemned Welton’s actions as both “despicable” and an “affront to our democratic system.” FBI Special Agent Robert DeWitt highlighted the severity of the threats, noting that such behaviour aims to erode democracy and will not be tolerated.

 

Senator Tillis, a Republican who has been subject to increased threats amid political tensions of the Trump era, has been proactive in countering intimidation. His office, releasing audio clips of threatening messages, pledged to take legal action against any attempts to target him or his team.

 

On April 10, Tillis's office expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their diligence and stressed the importance of accountability in an era where hostility towards public servants is becoming alarmingly common. Welton’s case serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences tied to making violent threats against public officials, regardless of the motive behind them, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-04-11

 

 

America has a democratic system? I think their justice department just perjured itself. 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of The Hill

 

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

 

According to the US Department of Justice, Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions.

 

The alarming saga unfolded with a series of aggressive phone calls. In September 2021, tensions peaked when Welton contacted Senator Tillis’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina, making vivid and violent threats. Among his menacing remarks, he reportedly threatened to “put a bullet through each of [their] heads” and “mow down” the entire state, prompted by dissatisfaction over unsolicited emails.

 

 

 

Daniel Bubar, Acting US Attorney, condemned Welton’s actions as both “despicable” and an “affront to our democratic system.” FBI Special Agent Robert DeWitt highlighted the severity of the threats, noting that such behaviour aims to erode democracy and will not be tolerated.

 

Senator Tillis, a Republican who has been subject to increased threats amid political tensions of the Trump era, has been proactive in countering intimidation. His office, releasing audio clips of threatening messages, pledged to take legal action against any attempts to target him or his team.

 

On April 10, Tillis's office expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their diligence and stressed the importance of accountability in an era where hostility towards public servants is becoming alarmingly common. Welton’s case serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences tied to making violent threats against public officials, regardless of the motive behind them, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-04-11

 

 

Great !! Supporting a Facist Trump Administration  !! SAD AND PATHETIC!!

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In a troubling case intertwining political fervour and unlawful threats, Eric Charles Welton, a 53-year-old American living in Thailand, is facing up to 10 years in a US federal prison. This follows his reported admission to making death threats against US Senator Thom Tillis and his staff, spurred by frustrations over repetitive political emails.

Nut job....

13 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Yes, Senator Tillis is INDEED a "deranged nutcase".

Sounds like the type of guy who wears a MAGA costume and breaks into the capital threatening police officers and the life of the Vice President and house Speaker. 😉

 

Should he should expect a pardon and restitution after his arrest and trial. 😎

 

 

4 minutes ago, Aviatorhi said:

America has a democratic system? I think their justice department just perjured itself. 

Really?

Perhaps you should review the dissolution of democratic rights rights in the EU.  

Simply expressing disagreement with the govt can now earn jailtime and national censorship.  Or you don't think what's happening in the UK, Germany, and France counts?

 

And you aren't aware of how democracy is alive in the US?  Didn't Trump just get (re)elected and sworn-in as President "47?  

 

 

Fruitcakes, Fascists F/wits & Farouts ...  Usofa seems to have an overdose of sociopaths of all kinds.

31 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

Really?

Perhaps you should review the dissolution of democratic rights rights in the EU.  

Simply expressing disagreement with the govt can now earn jailtime and national censorship.  Or you don't think what's happening in the UK, Germany, and France counts?

 

And you aren't aware of how democracy is alive in the US?  Didn't Trump just get (re)elected and sworn-in as President "47?  

 

 

Found the fredumb<deleted>er. Only MAGA I support is "Make Americans Go Away". 

Please add 10 more for him being a stupid efin more run.

The "Homies" will have some fun with him in Federal Prison.....just for being stupid.  Fresh meat.

14 hours ago, jvs said:

How do you take pornography out of schools?

Good question. When I was a kid at school in the late 1940s/early 1950s black and white, postcard size porn  pics imported from France were widely circulated. The idea that youngsters have only recently become exposed to porn is nonsense.

10 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

AH, old news.

He was arrested two years ago when he flew in to Atlanta.

 

Expatriate Charged with Making Multiple Threats to Kill U.S. Senator and U.S. Marines   Tuesday, May 30, 2023

 

RALEIGH , N.C. – Eric Charles Welton, an American citizen living in Thailand, was arrested last Thursday on a criminal complaint charging that he threatened a U.S. senator and members of their staff in September of 2021. He is also alleged to have made threats against U.S. Marines and others working the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in late 2022.  Welton was arrested at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he returned to the United States from overseas by FBI Charlotte and FBI Atlanta Special Agents.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/expatriate-charged-making-multiple-threats-kill-us-senator-and-us-marines

It's not old news. The old news that you are referring to is the news that he was arrested. The news that is given here is that "Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions."According to the headline, that "substantial prison term" could be 10 years. I'd bet that if he didn't plead guilty that it would potentially and threatened to be MUCH longer.

As opposed to calling it "old news", thus making it seem irrelevant, I'd call it a great followup story. Far too often it is only reported that someone was arrested, but it is never reported that they actually were punished or got off for maybe good or maybe stupid reasons.

The expat sounds like a run-of-the-mill, unhinged sufferer of Trump Derangement Syndrome. I'll bet he has a TrueVision TV package with CNN, MSDNC, ABC, etc.

I do not support the US making any rulings on anyone for their views, BUT... if there were actual threats involved, I do support rulings in that case.

Update:  Some serious backtracking going on!

 

"Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn (People's Party) said on Friday the Third Army Region may not have been careful in lodging a lese majeste complaint with police which led to the arrest and brief detention of American scholar Paul Chambers earlier this week.
He said the matter may affect bilateral ties with an important nation that has a huge trade relations with Thailand at a critical junction when it's not even apparent what alleged royal insult Chambers had committed. The committee is thus summoning generals from the Third Army Region to clarify to the committee on April 24." (Khaosod)

I guess the "pornography' question depends on how you define "pornography."  Dictionary.com defines it as "sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal."   https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pornography          There seem to be lots of other "definitions" floating around.  A lot of people seem to use words the same way that other people who hold the same beliefs as they do, without actually bothering to locate the real meaning.  Ignorance is a contagious social disease, and it's rampant in the U.S. 

7 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Good question. When I was a kid at school in the late 1940s/early 1950s black and white, postcard size porn  pics imported from France were widely circulated. The idea that youngsters have only recently become exposed to porn is nonsense.

Interesting. Thanks for enlightening me. I had never heard before that the schools circulated pornography to the school children before, as they do now and even assign homework with pornographic books to children. I guess I hadn't kept up with the reality of the situation in thinking that school districts in the past didn't impose pornographic materials into the curricula making it, in some cases, required reading of the students, as some school districts have been revealed to have been doing lately. But, even if school officials or teachers widely circulated pornographic postcard sized pics to students in the 40's and 50's, I think you'll find that there is a MASSIVE difference between that and the pornography that the teachers and school districts have assigned to schools these days, with very explicitly graphic stories, with pictures. In particular, they prefer to promote homosexual pornography and to even explicitly encourage the students to explore for themselves what they are learning in the assigned homework. The kind of stuff you mention from the 40's and 50's is like kindergarten level compared to post grad university level pornography. Although, I admit that I had not heard of schools widely circulating pornography to their students in the 40's and 50's, I have EXTREME doubts that it bore any resemblance to the kind of pornography being assigned to students in these recent times.
Sorry to say that I also doubt your version of events, unless you are meaning to say that kids got their hands on these pictures and passed them among themselves, that it wasn't from the schools. Of course, that sort of thing has likely been going on for millennia. But that isn't the issue and nobody is arguing or doubting that. That's why I took it that you were comparing apples to apples and meant that pornography was being distributed by the schools back then too and not making a vain attempt to compare apples to oranges.