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   D. Ray to All   
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   22 Feb 24 21:58:23   
   
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   From: d@ray   
      
   Santa Ana, California – Active Club founder and political prisoner Robert   
   Rundo, who had languished in federal custody since March of 2023, has   
   finally been released.   
      
   The news comes amid a federal court decision to drop all charges due to   
   perceived “selective prosecution” in the case, which stems from violence   
   during a series of Antifa-led ambushes in places like Charlottesville,   
   Virginia, and Berkeley and Huntington Beach, California, in 2017. It would   
   be the second time the same case against him would be dismissed in five   
   years.   
      
   Rundo, the pro-White activist with founding ties to numerous advocacy   
   organizations—including the Rise Above Movement (RAM), Active Clubs (AC),   
   and Will2Rise (W2R)—had sought refuge in Eastern Europe in the face of what   
   could only be described as a political witch hunt.   
      
   Facing a trumped-up charge of “conspiracy to commit violence,” Rundo would   
   eventually be captured in Romania and extradited to the United States in   
   2023. He has sat in a California jail cell ever since.   
      
   In newly released court documents, U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J.   
   Carney granted a motion to dismiss the charges, pointing to substantial   
   evidence that so-called “antifascists” and other “left-wing” extremists   
   were just as violent—if not more—than Prosecutors alleged Rundo had been   
   during these same rallies.   
      
   “Prosecuting only members of the far right and ignoring members of the far   
   left leads to the troubling conclusion that the government believes it is   
   permissible to physically assault and injure Trump supporters to silence   
   speech,” read Carney’s decision. “It was groups like Antifa that went to   
   pro-Trump rallies with the intent to use violence to disrupt protected   
   political speech.”   
      
   “When announcing this case, the United States Attorney for the Central   
   District of California at the time explained this case was initiated   
   because of ‘an orchestrated effort to squelch free speech as members of the   
   conspiracy traveled to multiple locations to attack those who hold   
   different views,’” he continued. “The problem in this case, though, is   
   that   
   sentiment equally describes Antifa and other extremist, far-left groups.”   
      
   According to LA Times reporter Brittny Mejia, Federal prosecutors had   
   appealed Judge Carney’s decision, which demanded that Rundo be held in   
   custody “because (he) presents a grave risk of flight, as well as a danger   
   to the community.”   
      
   Carney, however, denied the request, adding, “I don’t believe it’s   
   warranted that Mr. Rundo spend one minute more in custody, so I’m going to   
   release him forthwith.”   
      
   “I feel very comfortable in the decision I’ve made,” he said. If the   
   motion   
   to keep Rundo in custody fails, he could expect to walk free as early as   
   Thursday   
      
   In the wake of Rundo’s release, a veritable chorus of support—and   
   hate—has   
   seeped into online spaces and from both sides of the political spectrum. On   
   social media, members of the anti-White extremist movement, commonly   
   referred to as “Antifa,” were upset that a member of their political   
   opposition was being spared state oppression.   
      
   The TORCH Antifa-linked Atlanta Antifascists—whose violent NorCal chapters   
   were present in some of the very same places where Rundo and his crew were   
   ambushed in 2017—said, “We don’t rely on the cops or courts to do our   
   work   
   for us…We must rely on ourselves to protect ourselves and stop the   
   fascists,” in a veiled threat made to their official Mastodon page.   
      
   Many would even go on to parrot baseless Antifascist conspiracy theories,   
   downplaying the existence of “Antifa” as a singular group while masking its   
   true status as a movement. Others would attack the judge, likening Carmac   
   to a “fascist” whose decision was somehow evidence of “corruption,”   
   “White   
   supremacy,” and “racism” in American government.   
      
   On the right, however, Rundo was being hailed as a hero who, despite the   
   odds, went face to face with an “anti-White” system and emerged victorious.   
   Widespread support of Rundo’s plight could be evidenced on social media   
   accounts belonging to dozens of affinity groups that compose the greater   
   nationalist scene, which, for months, had fundraised and clamored for his   
   eventual release.   
      
   Lifelong pro-White advocate and self-professed “one-man think tank,” Nathan   
   Damigo, professed he was “gobsmacked” at the Federal government’s   
   decision.   
   In an exclusive request for comment by the Justice Report, Damigo said that   
   justice under the “anti-White regime” was rare, and was excited to hear of   
   Rundo’s release from custody.   
      
   “I am absolutely gobsmacked at this decision, and I couldn’t be more   
   excited for Robert Rundo in this case,” said Damigo. “It is so rare that   
   someone in our movement, in our cause, receives justice under this   
   anti-White regime. The judge’s decision was absolutely correct.”   
      
   "Things like selective prosecution have existed in this country my entire   
   life, but it ramped up around the time of 2016 and 2017," he elaborated.   
   "During the inauguration of Donald Trump, scores of anti-White terrorist   
   groups posted on Facebook that they were going to disrupt the inauguration   
   and try to stop it. All of them went to D.C., and they all rioted in Black   
   Bloc."   
      
   "They arrested hundreds of these rioters, and they had them dead to rights   
   conspiring to do so on video. Almost every single charge was dropped, with   
   the exception of a guy who hit a cop, and guess what he got? Four months.   
   That's it," he continued. "(The feds) are clearly disinterested in   
   prosecuting the many flagrant violent crimes committed by anti-white   
   terrorists, or anyone on the Democratic side of this regime."   
      
   Nathan Damigo is an influential pro-White advocate who can be found on   
   Telegram, Substack, Odysee, and elsewhere.   
      
   Prominent White civil rights activist and long-time supporter of Rundo's   
   political advocacy, Mike Peinovich, highlighted the fact that this would be   
   the second time federal prosecutors attempted to jail Rundo over   
   Antifa-inspired street clashes in 2017. The reason? Because Rundo is White.   
      
   "This is a rare piece of justice in an America that is characterized by   
   political persecution of White people and White advocates," said Peinovich   
   in a request for comment by the Justice Report. "This is the second time   
   that Rob has been through this exact process. "   
      
   "It should be obvious by now that this case was never about the facts or   
      
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