Intelligence contractor, alleged Nazi sympathizer charged in Jan. 6 riot
A Navy reservist described by prosecutors as a heavily armed Nazi sympathizer with top-level U.S. government security clearance was arrested.
By Spencer S. Hsu
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They cited his alleged statements to an undercover FBI employee in which he "espoused the use of violence to further his anti-government and anti-Semitic ideologies," and his firearm-related purchases totaling over $50,000 after the Capitol attack in a bout of "panic" buying that included a dozen pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles. U.S. prosecutors did not ask to jail Speed, but they requested a judge detain him until court authorities could find and remove weapons that were not seized in a search of his home and storage unit when he was arrested. An FBI search found 13 firearms, seven silencers, evidence of three more unrecovered suppressors and 25 firearms belonging to housemates, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis J. Loeb wrote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/24/hatchet-speed-jan6-arrest/
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