Cambridge Man Charged With Threatening FBI Director's Girlfriend

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A resident has been arrested on charges of directly threatening FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, according to the United States District Attorney’s Office and charging documents.

Alden Welch Ruml, 26, was charged with one count of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another last week. According to the documents, Ruml sent an email to Wilkins’s email account on Saturday, Feb. 28.

“Do you know how happy I’ll be when your (expletive) (expletive) face is canoed by an assault rifle?” The email reads. “Tick tock (expletive). Watch your back.”

Wilkins reported the message to authorities that same day.

The charge of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Ruml pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Boston Federal Court on the day of his arrest.

Patel and Wilkins reportedly first met in 2022 at a politically conservative event in Nashville, Tennessee. Wilkins, a Boston native, describes herself as a country music artist and a writer in her biography on the Young America’s Foundation.

“A contributor for Townhall, Daily Caller, and Business Insider, as well as appearing regularly on broadcasts as a political commentator, Alexis (Wilkins) isn’t afraid of sharing her views and showing people that you can hold to your values, ‘make patriotism mainstream again,’ and not bend the knee to accomplish your goals.” Wilkins’s biography reads.

Patel has been accused of improperly using federal resources, including personal visits with Wilkins and security details for his significant other.

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