The Daily Beast
Department of Justice A neo-Nazi cult leader who tried to recruit an accomplice to dress as Santa Claus and hand poisoned candy to Jewish children has been sent to jail for 15 years. Michail Chkhikvishvili, 22—known online as “Commander Butcher”—received the sentence on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, New York, after admitting hate crime solicitation and circulating bomb-making instructions last November. The Georgian national extremist led the Maniac Murder Cult, a neo-Nazi outfit prosecutors say used Telegram and a ‘Hater’s Handbook’ manifesto to stoke racial and religious violence. Chkhikvishvili roped in an undercover FBI agent to scheme bombings and arson attacks targeting Jewish communities in Brooklyn, the Associated Press reported. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg said the cult leader had “repeatedly called for the murder of innocent civilians, including children.” In a letter to the judge last month, Chkhikvishvili insisted he was “truly sorry” for “spreading hatred and violence” and “very ashamed” of authoring the manifesto. Read it at Associated Press Read more at The Daily Beast.
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