National Security & Defense

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/franklin-politics/a-white-supremacist-warned-me-to-comply-with-his-demands-or-else-now-hes-in-federal-custody

"...Kai Liam Nix, we found operating a channel called Appalachian Archives, which was later rebranded to American Archives, and it was Telegram channel that was rife with neo-Nazi content," Tischauser said.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which investigates hate groups, became especially interested in those channels after they began to play a role in Hanson's unsuccessful bid for mayor in the county seat for affluent Williamson County, Tennessee.

"Essentially, Kai was working behind the scenes doxxing people, providing sensitive material about journalists, about activists that were engaged in trying to stop Hanson’s campaign," Tischauser said.

Among its posts, Appalachian Archives shared a photo of the home and address of a Franklin attorney who had criticized the hate groups, as well as info about the operator of the progressive Tennessee Holler news site and photos from a neo-Nazi protest outside the home of a journalist from a national website who had covered the Hanson campaign."...(more)