Headlines on extremism and the radical right that caught our
attention.

Friend, 

Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right
from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project.
Here are stories that caught our attention over the past week:

Kentucky politician claimed Jewish people promote "white
genocide"

* TJ Roberts, a politician from Boone County, Kentucky, said he
was "sick of [Jewish people] promoting white
genocide" in a private 2017 chat that Hatewatch obtained

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. "White genocide," or the great replacement
conspiracy theory

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, is the unfounded claim that elites are attempting to dilute
white-majority nations with immigrants. 

* Roberts' political activism looks like it began in
far-right libertarian circles

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. He was a contributor to the Liberty Hangout, a far-right
libertarian outlet that used to collaborate with white
nationalist Augustus Invictus'

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 defunct website. He was also part of a university group
that invited white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at a
conference in 2017. Roberts declined to comment. Hatewatch
shared the conversation with Rep. Thomas Massie, who has
supported Roberts. Massie responded that he would
"double" his support for Roberts.

* In a statement to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Roberts said he
remembered the chat but that his comment was taken out of
context. On X, he denied making antisemitic comments.

Texas company paid over $20 million to antigovernment group to bus
immigrants

* Hatewatch obtained documents

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that show Wynne Transportation, the company the state of Texas
contracts to bus immigrants from the U.S.-Mexico border as part
of "Operation Lone Star," paid antigovernment
extremist Mayhem Solutions Group (MSG) tens of millions of
dollars. A subcontractor who worked for Mayhem has called the
conditions on these buses "inhumane." The documents
also reveal a tangled web of limited liability companies that
conduct the busing on behalf of Wynne Transportation.

* Hatewatch has previously reported

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on MSG's sometimes unlicensed activities as a private
investigations and security firm across the U.S.

John Eastman disbarred over 'unethical acts'

* Former Trump team attorney John Eastman has been disbarred over
"unethical" actions in relation to his legal
attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Hatewatch
reported

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. The California Bar's website listed him as "not
eligible to practice law
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" as of April 2. Judge Yvette Roland recommended

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that "the serious and extensive nature of Eastman's
unethical actions, the most severe available professional
sanction [disbarment] is warranted to protect the public and
preserve the public confidence in the legal system."
Eastman has appealed and it will be up to the California Supreme
Court to issue a final order.

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