The Orlando Sentinel reports:
A former GOP Florida House candidate suing blogger Jacob Engels, who has repeatedly missed hearings and deadlines in the case, is asking an Orange County judge to order Engels to explain why he shouldn’t be arrested and brought into court.
Former candidate Elizabeth Cornell, who lost in the Republican primary for a Central Florida House seat last year, is suing Engels, a Proud Boys associate and publisher of the online publication the Central Florida Post, for libel.
The website published articles accusing Cornell of carrying on an extramarital affair and preying on an elderly client in her financial advising business. Engels has repeatedly missed court hearings, including one last month where Orange County Circuit Judge James Craner granted a request from Reyes to hold Engels in contempt of court. Craner also agreed to issue a fine of $1,500 to Engels.
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Engels, a homocon who writes for the Gateway Pundit and has appeared on InfoWars, first appeared here in 2019 when he and fellow Proud Boys acted as Roger Stone’s security force outside a court hearing following Stone’s arrest for obstruction and witness tampering. The Daily Beast wrote extensively about Engels that year, headlining him as “Roger Stone’s Mini-Me.”
Defeated GOP candidate seeks arrest of blogger ruled in contempt of court https://t.co/dzOkXohln4
— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) July 20, 2023
The Texas mass murderer wore a Right Wing Death Squad patch on his vest. You know who else sports that gear? Local Proud Boy Jacob Engels, who is a close friend with OCPS fascist school board member @alicia_farrant, as seen here in October 2021 pic.twitter.com/UWnw1b6klW
— Jen Cousins (@JenCousinsFL) May 7, 2023
While we’re on the topic of #assholeswithcaseroles, I’d like to remind everyone that Alicia Farrant, a #Moms4Liberty, School Board D3 is a close friend of local Proud Boy Jacob Engels pic.twitter.com/R4ewbkwCW4
— “Dad” “Hey Dad” “Dad what is this” (@SurfnKrav) July 6, 2023
Meet the Proud Boys and fascists who showed up to harass a trans rights rally today in Orlando. 👋
From left to right: Proud Boy Luke Rohlfing, Infowars clown Benjamin Frisby aka “Databattlesz,” Roger Stone protege Jacob Engels and two unidentified as of yet PB/fash. 1/ pic.twitter.com/TvHLi4ukMD
— Miami Against Fascism 🌴☕️ (@MIAagainstFash) August 1, 2022
Was Jacob Engels paying attention to the Douglass Mackey trial?
It’s downhill from here https://t.co/PMzlXTXbNl pic.twitter.com/lONmzA2rTz
— Floridisto (@UncrossEm) April 5, 2023
Blogger must reveal if he was paid to publish posts about former candidate, judge rules https://t.co/cV8BGBmKX2 pic.twitter.com/6kgrPNEnSW
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) April 21, 2023