Michael Edison Hayden: Nick Fuentes Faces Scutiny Following Jan. 6 Subpoena

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Michael Edison Hayden
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White Nationalist Nick Fuentes, under FBI investigation and facing a Jan 6. subpoena, is under a whole lot of pressure right now.

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splcenter.org
Nick Fuentes Faces Scutiny Following Jan. 6 Subpoena
The House committee investigating the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, subpoenaed white nationalist activist Nick Fuentes on ­­Wednesday night, sharpening the public attention
12:59 PM · Jan 20, 2022

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/01/20/nick-fuentes-faces-scrutiny-following-jan-6-subpoena

The House committee investigating the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, subpoenaed white nationalist activist Nick Fuentes on ­­Wednesday night, sharpening the public attention on his “America First” group’s involvement in the run-up to the event.

Fuentes, 23, responded to the subpoena hours after the committee released a statement about it by saying he would likely plead the Fifth Amendment unless someone televised the proceedings.

“I wish the testimony was televised,” Fuentes told his fans. “If the testimony was televised, I will do it. If they televise my appearance, I absolutely will do it. If I get to go to Congress, and I get to sit there, and I get to talk about Groypers, and I get to go off ... I absolutely will do it. If not … I might invoke the Fifth.”

Fuentes uses the slang word “Groypers” to represent his young, almost exclusively white male fanbase. He galvanized crowds of such young men at so-called Stop the Steal events across the country following former President Donald Trump’s loss, where Fuentes and others promoted lies about the 2020 election. Fuentes never went inside the Capitol building himself on Jan. 6, but he wore a VIP badge to Trump’s speech and addressed supporters outside the Capitol building during the insurrection. It is unclear whether the Trump administration knew of Fuentes’ appearance at the event. As Hatewatch previously reported, Fuentes appeared to encourage insurrectionists during his speech, telling them at one point to “break down the barriers and disregard the police.”
Another video captured that day showed someone waving Fuentes’ branded America First flag inside the building while the violence unfolded.

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