US Man Alleged to Be White Supremacist Chief Extradited From Romania on Riot, Conspiracy Costs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. man accused of being the chief of a white supremacist group has been extradited from Romania to face prices of inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017.

Robert Paul Rundo of Huntington Seaside was flown again to the nation Tuesday and anticipated to seem in federal courtroom Wednesday on prices of conspiracy and rioting, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in Los Angeles mentioned in a information launch.

Rundo, 33, is allegedly a founding member of the Rise Above Motion, in line with the Lawyer’s Workplace. The group is described within the indictment as “a combat-ready, militant group of a brand new nationalist white supremacy and identification motion.”

Rundo and two different males deliberate and engaged in violence at gatherings in Huntington Seaside, Berkeley and San Bernardino in 2017, in line with the indictment, which added that they later educated for future occasions and celebrated their assaults.

Rundo’s legal professional, Julia Deixler, declined to touch upon the allegations.

A trial on the costs has been scheduled for Dec. 12.

Rundo was beforehand arrested in 2018. A federal courtroom dismissed the costs in 2019, however they were reinstated by a federal appeals courtroom in 2021.

Rundo left america after the costs have been dismissed, in line with federal prosecutors. They did not say why he went to Romania.

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