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[....] John Kirby, a former federal prosecutor in San Diego, said prosecutors are likely using the case to neutralize what they see as a growing threat in Grandmaster Jay and NFAC. 

In Kirby’s view, the facts are simple: Grandmaster Jay, a man with a criminal history, aimed a gun at law enforcement officers, which is illegal. “I think this is actually a pretty strong case,” he said. 

The NFAC leader has been arrested twice, according to prosecutors. A 1995 charge stemming from an incident at a bar was dropped for lack of evidence, according to court documents. In 2003, he was accused of using a rifle to threaten his then-wife and a man with whom Grandmaster Jay said she was having an affair. He pleaded guilty to trespassing and paid a small fine, according to court documents.

Grandmaster Jay has been other-than-honorably discharged from the military twice, both times in lieu of facing a court-martial, prosecutors said in the criminal complaint related to the September rally.

Federal prosecutors are always trying to dismantle organizations that are perceived to be a threat, whether it’s a drug cartel or this guy and his organization,” Kirby said. 

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky, which filed the charges, declined to comment on the case. 

That willingness to use a criminal indictment to clamp down on an organization that threatens the American establishment troubles several experts who have examined Grandmaster Jay’s case. [....]

The following kind of background is shared with a lot of Boogaloo Bois: other-than-honorably discharged from the military twice and aimed a gun at law enforcement officers, which is illegal.

And this sounds like these experts might support and advise the NRA and Proud Boys and Oathkeepers as well: willingness to use a criminal indictment to clamp down on an organization that threatens the American establishment troubles several experts.