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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Aug 9, 2019, 11:35 AM Aug 2019

Reports: Alleged white nationalist State Department employee lives in Leesburg

Last edited Fri Aug 9, 2019, 02:01 PM - Edit history (1)

There's a thread about this guy in LBN or GD. This article adds a local angle.

{edited: it's in GD}: U.S. State Dept official outed as white nationalist

Reports: Alleged white nationalist State Department employee lives in Leesburg, hosted events at his home

Times-Mirror Staff Report 1 hr ago

A State Department official who lives in Leesburg and is alleged to have been active with white supremacist groups has been placed on leave, according to media reports.

Thirty-eight-year-old Matthew Q. Gebert, believed to be a foreign affairs officer at the Bureau of Energy Resources, allegedly hosted white nationalist forums and events at his Leesburg home, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Politico and NBC News reported on Thursday that Gebert had been placed on leave.

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch posted about Gebert on Wednesday.

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This is a Times-Mirror news alert. Check back to LoudounTimes.com for more information as it becomes available.
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