DOJ Shares Details on NJ Agitator Charged With Threatening to Kill ICE Agent As 'Find Out' Phase Begins

As RedState reported, Acting DOJ Attorney General Todd Blanche gave a satisfying update on Friday on the story of the radical leftist agitator who was caught on video at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, NJ, openly threatening to kill an ICE agent and their family for the apparent crime of enforcing our nation's immigration laws.

Earlier that week, a clip filmed and posted to social media by independent journalist Nick Sortor showed the revolting scene as it unfolded, in which the "peaceful protester" shouted, "I'll kill your whole f***ing family! Your whole f***ing family is dead! Your children, your wife, all dead! I have your face, motherf***er! You’re dead! Dead!"

Blanche confirmed on Friday that the suspect was arrested, tweeting "FAFO" in response to another tweet that contained comments Blanche previously made where he vowed they would find the agitator because they also had his face, too.

According to the DOJ's Monday press release, the suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, a Brooklyn, New York resident.

They stated that in addition to the video, they have other evidence in the case:

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on or about May 27, during a demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in Newark, Scelfo threatened to assault and murder an ICE officer. According to a video posted to social media and other evidence obtained by law enforcement, Scelfo screamed toward the ICE officer: “I’ll kill your whole f------ family! Your whole f------ family is dead! Your children, your wife, all dead! I have your face, motherf-----! You’re dead! Dead!”

They also claim that Scelfo later admitted during an interview with law enforcement "to threatening to kill an officer and his family at the demonstration, and that he later saw in the media a video of him making statements to law enforcement at the demonstration."

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that facial recognition technology was used to identify Scelfo:

“This individual allegedly threatened violence toward one of our federal law enforcement officers and their family — and by using facial recognition technology, within 24 hours this FBI got him,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “In particular, I want to thank Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche who moved extremely quickly to locate, pursue, and bring the subject to justice — as well as our FBI Newark and New York teams who executed brilliantly. Let this be a message to any criminal actor who may try something similar: you touch a cop, and this FBI will put you down.”

Spiros Karabinas, who is the Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Newark, clarified for the woketivists that threatening to murder law enforcement officers and their families is not protected speech:

Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested for influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat. Scelfo is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Newark federal court.
➡️Read more: https://t.co/VseIONOJj8 pic.twitter.com/0C4tbMcOCv
— HSI Newark (@HSINewark) June 1, 2026

Here's the video of the incident, for anyone who missed it:

🚨 This is EXACTLY WHY ICE agents are FORCED to wear masks

ICE Newark rioter: “I HAVE YOUR FACE, MOTHERF***ER”

“Your WHOLE F***ING FAMILY is DEAD!”

“Your KIDS. Your WIFE. ALL DEAD!”

This is the type of TERRORISM Democrats WANT ICE agents to face by de-masking them pic.twitter.com/d36Iv8JpAj
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 28, 2026

Scelfo was "arrested for influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat." The max penalty is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.

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