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Kai Liam Nix, a 20-year-old Army soldier tied to extremist threats against a Raw Story reporter, was arrested on Aug. 15 and is being detained in a North Carolina jail on a “federal hold,” Raw Story has confirmed.


Right-wing extremist tied to threats against Raw Story reporter arrested on gun charges​


Raw Story
August 21, 2024 12:47AM ET
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Source: Courtesy Cumberland County Sheriff's Office




Editor's note: This article has been updated to include new details released by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina and confirmation that Nix is no longer serving in the Army following the original publication of this article on Sunday, Aug. 18.
Kai Liam Nix, a 20-year-old Army soldier tied to extremist threats against a Raw Story reporter, was arrested on Aug. 15 and is being detained in a North Carolina jail on a “federal hold,” Raw Story has confirmed.

The New Yorker, which published an extensive article Sunday about right-wing extremism, further detailed that Nix’s federal charges involve “illicit sales of firearms and lying on a background check.”

Update, 5:01 p.m., Aug. 19, 2024: A federal grand jury indicted Nix — also known as Kai Brazelton — with unlawful firearms trafficking, including the sale of two stolen firearms, according to a statement Monday from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The grand jury also indicted Nix on making false statements to the government by allegedly lying on a security clearance application document by saying he had "never been a member of a group dedicated to the use of violence or force to overthrow the U.S. government."
The FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Department have combined to investigate Nix's case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Together, the charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.





 
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