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White nationalist who headlined Charlottesville rally is arrested on domestic violence charges
https://www.newsweek.com/white-nationalist-charlotesville-rally-arrested-augustus-sol-invictus-1480017He faces charges of "high and aggravated" domestic violence and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to his arrest affidavit. His address was listed as Ocala, Florida and jail records described him as an "out of state fugitive," the Associated Press reported.
Invictus spoke at the United the Right rally in August 2017 where Heather Heyer was killed and several injured when white supremacist James Fields rammed his car into a crowd. In September 2019, Heyer's mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her daughter's killer in Virginia state court.
President Donald Trump was criticized for his comments that during the rally, there were "very fine people on both sides" although he did later condemn neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
In 2016 Invictus unsuccessfully ran for Senator Marco Rubio's seat as the Libertarian Party's nomination and has described himself as a pagan.
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During his campaign, he raised eyebrows when he claimed to have killed a goat and drank its blood as part of a ritual at the end of a walk from Orlando to the Mojave Desert in 2013, according to The Herald, which noted that his name comes from the Latin for "Majestic Unconquered Sun," a cult religion of the Roman Empire.
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Invictus has denied his affiliation with white supremacists but was praised by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer as being the author of the first draft of the so-called Charlottesville statement, which outlined racist views such as, "Whites alone defined America as a European society and political order. It also stated that "Jews are an ethno-religious people distinct from Europeans."
Invictus spoke at the United the Right rally in August 2017 where Heather Heyer was killed and several injured when white supremacist James Fields rammed his car into a crowd. In September 2019, Heyer's mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her daughter's killer in Virginia state court.
President Donald Trump was criticized for his comments that during the rally, there were "very fine people on both sides" although he did later condemn neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
In 2016 Invictus unsuccessfully ran for Senator Marco Rubio's seat as the Libertarian Party's nomination and has described himself as a pagan.
. . .
During his campaign, he raised eyebrows when he claimed to have killed a goat and drank its blood as part of a ritual at the end of a walk from Orlando to the Mojave Desert in 2013, according to The Herald, which noted that his name comes from the Latin for "Majestic Unconquered Sun," a cult religion of the Roman Empire.
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Invictus has denied his affiliation with white supremacists but was praised by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer as being the author of the first draft of the so-called Charlottesville statement, which outlined racist views such as, "Whites alone defined America as a European society and political order. It also stated that "Jews are an ethno-religious people distinct from Europeans."
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