A U.S. citizen living in Thailand was arrested on charges of threatening to murder North Carolina Republican Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis along with their staffs because he was angry about receiving a huge number of unsolicited political emails.
Eric Charles Welton, who had been living overseas for more than a decade, made multiple harassing and intimidating calls to the offices of the Republican officials and associated organizations, federal prosecutors in North Carolina said in court documents unsealed Tuesday.
“Maybe I gotta go down there to 310 New Bern Avenue and just kill everybody I see … What I hear is I should fly back over there, walk into 310 New Bern Avenue and teach you what ‘Stand my Ground’ means, put a bullet through each of your heads,” the affidavit quotes Mr. Welton as saying.
Mr. Welton identified himself and gave an email address in several of the calls, according to court records.
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