Extremists

The Insider reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones railed against the mother and father of one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre on his InfoWars broadcast on Tuesday as the dad testified against him at his defamation damages trial. Jones appeared on InfoWars while the trial was ongoing and Sandy Hook father Neil Heslin was testifying against …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON: I’m reading this thing that the RNC is working with this new group and it’s Cleta Mitchell – she’s been on the show many times talking about it – and they meant it as a hit piece. This thing was like a paid advertisement cause it shows you the quality of training they’re …

Law & Crime reports: The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed during the Sandy Hook massacre retained private security to protect themselves from Alex Jones followers who believed that their late son was a child actor, a forensic psychologist testified on Monday. According to the testimony, both of the parents sought mental health treatment and have reported unique mental health …

CNN reports: The Republican Party’s nominee for Maryland attorney general hosted a series of five radio shows in 2006 devoted to arguing in support of 9/11 conspiracy theories questioning if the terror attack was the work of an “elite bureaucrat” who had demolition charges in every building in New York City. Michael Peroutka, a candidate best known for his ties …

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump fan from Texas who attempted to storm the U.S. Capitol while armed with a gun was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on Monday after a judge denied the Justice Department’s request for a “terrorism enhancement” that would have resulted in a lengthier prison sentence. Reffitt’s own son actually tipped off the …

The Washington Post reports: A former state lawmaker who six weeks ago apologized to a federal judge for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is now writing a book for a right-wing publisher claiming he has been mistreated. Derrick Evans, who was sentenced in June to three months in prison after pleading guilty to a felony, said …

Newsweek reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, said she “would be honored” if former President Donald Trump asked her to be his running mate in 2024 if he launches another bid for the White House. Greene’s comments came during an interview with Real America’s Voice. “I defend him all the time. I swear I would fight for that …

Politico reports: Mark Finchem — a poster child for election deniers following the 2020 election — is inching closer to becoming the chief election official in one of the most tightly divided battleground states in the country. Finchem, an Arizona state lawmaker, is running with Trump’s endorsement in Tuesday’s GOP primary for secretary of state there. Should he win on …

Florida Politics reports: Congressional candidate Anthony Sabatini spoke Friday at a Tampa gathering of nationalists. “God bless the nationalist populist movement,” he said during his remarks. At the American Virtue conference, Sabatini trashed Republican Party leaders like Kevin McCarthy as “woke.” He also advocated for a complete moratorium on all immigration and eliminating Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Sabatini, a …

Via email from Gab CEO Andrew Torba: We are forming a Christian Nationalist movement and in order to be in any position of influence or leadership in the movement you must be a Christian. We are no longer going to answer to people who do not share our values and represent a diametrically different worldview that only 2% of the …

The Insider reports: While searching alleged Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell’s home following the attack on the US Capitol just three days prior, police found a “death list” that included the name of a Georgia election official and their family member. But in court documents, Caldwell’s lawyer, David Fischer, argued the list is a “doodle pad.” “From the search, law enforcement …

Talking Points Memo reports: After coming under intense criticism for allying himself with the anti-Semitic founder of the social media platform Gab, and paying Gab $5,000 for “campaign consulting,” Pennsylvania’s far-right gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano tried to distance himself from the site on Thursday. The Mastriano campaign’s Gab account appeared to have been removed on Thursday. And in a statement, …

Reuters reports: The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial over longstanding falsehoods he perpetuated about the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Three other companies associated with InfoWars filed for bankruptcy protection in April, but they …

The Associated Press reports: Election conspiracy theorist and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will get a recount after all, Colorado officials announced today, now that Peters has raised $256,000 to pay for the review of her loss in the Republican primary for secretary of state. But she did not pay the $236,000 the Secretary of State’s office initially charged, insisting …

Law & Crime reports: In Connecticut court documents dated Friday, Infowars host Alex Jones sued his own media company in what his opponents have characterized as yet another last-ditch attempt to stall an upcoming defamation damages trial. The ticking clock in Connecticut appears to have spurred Jones to sue Free Speech Systems, his own media company, according to a filing …

The Insider reports: Thomas Robertson, 49, was a police officer in Rocky Mount, Virginia, but was fired shortly after his arrest in January 2021. In April, he was found guilty by a jury on six counts. “I sat around at night drinking too much and reacting to articles and sites given to me by Facebook algorythms [sic],” he wrote. “The …

Reuters reports: Since late 2020, Michigan Sheriff Day Leaf has been investigating one of Trump’s most fantastical false assertions – that vote-counting machines somehow flipped votes from Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Leaf is in the vanguard of the so-called “constitutional sheriffs” movement, which asserts that sheriffs, typically elected in counties, possess supreme law-enforcement power in their jurisdictions – exceeding …

Media Matters reports: Tennessee GOP official and congressional candidate Charlotte Bergmann recently said on her online program that the deadly July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was a “planned” and false flag event designed to take away people’s guns. Bergmann has made similar remarks about other mass shootings, including after the Uvalde, Texas, tragedy. Media Matters previously documented …

The Washington Post reports: One of two men charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, chemical-spray assault on three police officers at the U.S. Capitol, including Brian D. Sicknick, pleaded guilty to reduced charges Wednesday. West Virginia sandwich shop owner George Tanios, 40, admitted to two counts of misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds, a reduction from an …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) believes “toxic masculinity” should be the “number one requirement” for the military, but it’s being ousted from the ranks thanks to “woke training.” “They’ve purged the military. They’ve purged the military,” she said. “The warriors are leaving,” Graham Allen, an Army veteran, added. “Absolutely. Why do they want to be there?” Greene continued. …