Richard Grenell Defends Far-right German Extremists
Former Trump ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told Newsmax he was highly skeptical of the raid of far-right extremists in Germany by law enforcement because they were just "dissenting voices" against the government.
Law enforcement in Germany made massive arrests throughout 11 of their 16 federated state the biggest counterterrorism operations in their country.
NBC News reports 3000 police officers were involved in the offensive move to subdue a group of extreme far right extremists plotting to overthrow the government.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote on Twitter. She said the group was "driven by fantasies of violent overturn and conspiracy ideologies" and hated democracy and the state. "Further investigations will give a clear picture of how far the coup plans had progressed," she said.
QAnon and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories seem to be the motivating factor.
Sound familiar?
Susie Madrak wrote about this earlier for C&L. "The plotters are said to include members of the extremist Reichsbürger movement, which has long been in the sights of German police."
Enter Trump's former German ambassador acting like a Steve Bannon wannabee.