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FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, White nationalist leader Richard Spencer speaks at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. A federal magistrate judge has agreed to let an attorney withdraw from representing Spencer in a lawsuit over violence that erupted at a rally in Virginia nearly three years ago. U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Hoppe’s order on Monday, June 22, 2020, leaves Spencer to defend himself against the lawsuit, which names him as one of the organizers of the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

White nationalist leader avoids jail over unpaid legal fees

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, White nationalist leader Richard Spencer speaks at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. A federal magistrate judge has agreed to let an attorney withdraw from representing Spencer in a lawsuit over violence that erupted at a rally in Virginia nearly three years ago. U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Hoppe’s order on Monday, June 22, 2020, leaves Spencer to defend himself against the lawsuit, which names him as one of the organizers of the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

White nationalist Richard Spencer loses lawyer in lawsuit

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, white nationalist Richard Spencer poses between interviews in College Station, Texas. A judge in Montana has told Spencer that he faces two weeks in a county jail if he doesn’t reach a plan this week to pay off a legal debt stemming from his divorce case, according to court records. On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Spencer said “I have every confidence that we will reach an agreement and this will be quickly forgotten and under the bridge&quot;. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

White nationalist leader faces jail in legal fees dispute

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Spencer blames his notoriety for his failure to pay a lawyer to defend him against a lawsuit over violence that erupted at a Virginia rally that he helped organize. Spencer’s attorney on Thursday, June 11, 2020 asked a federal magistrate judge for permission to withdraw from representing him in the case.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

White nationalist’s lawyer wants out of rally violence case

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Spencer made own bed

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 photo, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fields questions at a media availability at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of the case of a SEAL accused of war crimes who President Donald Trump has defended. Esper said on Sunday, Nov. 24 that he had lost confidence in Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back to resolve the SEAL’s case. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter conducts an approach on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, 40 miles off San Diego, Calif. The Navy has completed the first two landings of F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, a milestone for the new plane. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Andy Wolfe)

Navy weighs adding extra fighters to amphibious ships due to carrier shortfall

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. Spencer's wife has accused him of physically, verbally and emotionally abusing her throughout their eight-year marriage. Spencer told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, that he is "not an abusive person" and said his wife was "never in a dangerous situation." (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Richard Spencer joins CNN to talk Donald Trump ‘racist tweets’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

The USS John S. McCain under repair at a dry dock is seen after a rededication ceremony for at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. He added McCain's name to a Japan-based warship that was already named for the Arizona senator's father and grandfather. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Navy secretary warns on political displays after MAGA patch, USS McCain incidents

By Moss Brennan - The Washington Times

Cabbie credited with saving 87-year-old woman from scammer

Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, multiple white nationalist groups march with torches through the UVA campus in Charlottesville, Va. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP) ** FILE **

Richard Spencer, Charlottesville protesters banned from University of Virginia over torchlit march

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

White nationalist’s wife says he physically abused her

Associated Press

APNewsBreak: ‘Alt-right’ group regains IRS tax-exempt status

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Alachua County Sheriffs Office shows Colton Fears. (Alachua County Sheriffs Office via AP) ** FILE **

Colton Fears enters plea deal over shooting after Richard Spencer rally

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and other Navy officials attend the morning colors during a rededication ceremony for the USS John S. McCain at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US Navy dedicates Japan-based destroyer to US Sen. McCain

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Navy sailors are dismissed after a rededication ceremony for the USS John S. McCain at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Navy destroyer dedicated to John McCain was involved in fatal accident in Pacific

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

White nationalist Matthew Heimbach is led away in handcuffs on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky, after a judge ruled that he violated the probation he was serving for physically harassing a protester at a 2016 Donald Trump campaign rally. Heimbach was arrested in March on battery charges after a domestic incident in Paoli, Indiana. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

‘Alt-right’ reeling after Richard Spencer, Matthew Heimbach setbacks

By Michael Kunzelman and Dylan Lovan - Associated Press

White nationalist Matthew Heimbach is led away in handcuffs on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky, after a judge ruled that he violated the probation he was serving for physically harassing a protester at a 2016 Donald Trump campaign rally. Heimbach was arrested in March on battery charges after a domestic incident in Paoli, Indiana. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Racist ‘alt-right’ movement reeling after string of setbacks

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, speaks at the Texas A&amp;M University campus in College Station, Texas, in this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Richard Spencer, white nationalist, has alt-right website booted by GoDaddy

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, Richard Spencer speaks at the Texas A&amp;M University campus in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

White nationalist Richard Spencer’s Ohio lawsuit ends

By DAN SEWELL - Associated Press