RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An American living in Thailand pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to kill North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and his staff , federal prosecutors said.
According to the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 53-year-old Eric Charles Welton made multiple harassing and intimidating calls to the offices of Republican elected officials and GOP organizations in the United States. He said he made the threatening calls because he was angry about the large number of unsolicited political emails he received.
In September 2021, according to federal prosecutors, Welton spoke with a staff member at Tillis’ Raleigh office and threatened to show up and “put a bullet through each of [their] heads.”…