[Craig]

ELECTION DAY IS HERE …

AND A KEY TRUMP STAFFER WHO CO-HOSTED A WHITE NATIONALIST PODCAST IN SECRET IS NO LONGER WITH THE CAMPAIGN.

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FIRED LUKE MEYER – WHO WAS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA – ON FRIDAY AFTER LEARNING ABOUT HIS VIEWS FROM POLITICO.

REPORTER AMANDA MOORE LINKED MEYER TO AN ONLINE PERSONALITY GOING BY THE NAME ALBERTO BARBAROSSA. 

MEYER – UNDERCOVER AS BARBAROSSA – REGULARLY SHARED HIS WHITE NATIONALIST VIEWS ON THE “ALEXANDRIA” PODCAST WITH CO-HOST RICHARD SPENCER WHO ORGANIZED THE 20-17 WHITE NATIONALIST UNITE THE RIGHT RALLY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.

AFTER GETTING AN ANONYMOUS TIP … MOORE STARTED INVESTIGATING.

SHE FOUND MULTIPLE CLUES TO VERIFY THE TIP INCLUDING BARBAROSSA PROUDLY TWEETING THAT HE SHARED A BIRTHDAY WITH THE FORMER GRAND WIZARD OF THE K-K-K.

COURT RECORDS SHOWED MEYER ALSO DID.

THAT’S WHEN MOORE DECIDED TO DRIVE TO A TRUMP CAMPAIGN EVENT AND CONFRONT MEYER ABOUT ALBERTO BARBAROSSA.

MEYER THEN ADMITTED THAT HE IS IN FACT BARBAROSSA AND HE HAD BEEN HIDING THAT ONLINE IDENTITY FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 

HE WROTE AN EMAIL TO MOORE SAYING QUOTE “I’M GLAD YOU PIECED THESE LITTLE CLUES TOGETHER LIKE AN ANTIFA NANCY DREW.”

HE WENT ON TO SAY QUOTE – “IT MADE ME REALIZE HOW DRAINING IT HAS BEEN HAVING TO CONCEAL MY TRUE THOUGHTS FOR AS A LONG AS I HAVE.” 

MOORE SAYS THAT MEYER EXPLAINED TO HER IN THE EMAIL THAT HE FELT HIS WHITE NATIONALIST VIEWS HAD ALREADY SPREAD THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN. 

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA TOLD POLITICO QUOTE “IF WE’D HAD ANY INKLING ABOUT HIS HIDDEN AND DESPICABLE ACTIVITY HE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HIRED.”

SINCE FRIDAY, MEYER DELETED HIS LINKEDIN AND X ACCOUNTS, AS WELL AS HIS BARBAROSSA X ACCOUNT.

FOR SAN I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.

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