Nicholas Welker, Death Threats, New York 2024

White Supremacist Leader Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Make Death Threats Against Brooklyn Journalist

Brooklyn, New York - Nicholas Welker, also known as 'King ov Wrath,' was sentenced to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats against a Brooklyn-based journalist.

Welker, the leader of Feuerkrieg Division ('FKD'), an international racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist ('RMVE') group, posted death threats against the journalist so that the journalist would stop reporting on the Neo-Nazi group.

The threat included a photograph of the journalist with a gun aimed at his head and the words 'Race Traitor' over the journalist's eyes. The threat stated, 'JOURNALIST F[***] OFF! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.'

Welker posted the threat to a public online forum, and two underage FKD members tweeted the death threat directly at the journalist's social media handle so that he would see it.

The government's case is being handled by the Office's National Security and Cybercrime Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Ellen H. Sise and Andrew D. Reich are in charge of the prosecution with assistance from Trial Attorney Jennifer Levy of the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section.

Nicholas Welker, 33, of San Jose, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats against a journalist.

Welker pleaded guilty in September 2023. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced the sentence.

'Welker tried to silence a journalist from reporting on his white supremacist group so that his fellow extremists could continue to commit violence against racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, and the LGBTQ+ community,' stated United States Attorney Peace.

Mr. Peace expressed his thanks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, which consists of investigators and analysts from the FBI, the NYPD, and over 50 other federal, state, and local agencies.

Mr. Peace also thanked the Estonian Internal Security Service and Prosecutor's Office for their valuable support.

The Defendant:

NiCHOLAS WELKER (also known as 'King ov Wrath')

Age: 33

San Jose, California

E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 23-CR-141 (PKC)

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/white-supremacist-leader-sentenced-44-months-prison-conspiring-make-death-threats