Arizona Man Sentenced For Role In Neo-Nazi Plot Targeting Journalists

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Raymond Duda, FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, speaks in February about charges against a group of alleged members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division for cyber-stalking and mailing threatening communications, including the posters at right, in a campaign against journalists in several cities.





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The U.S. District Court judge in this case, Judge John Coughenour, said it has been troubling to see officials at «the highest levels of our government refer to journalists as «enemies of the people, the AP reports.

«Referring to journalism and the press and media as ‘fake news’ enables people who are vulnerable to suggestions like this, very young people … that this kind of conduct is appropriate, Coughenour said.

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