The founder of a neo-Nazi network that has proliferated rapidly around the world in recent years was sentenced in US federal court to two years of time served and two years of supervised release, capping a seven-year legal saga that has bewildered observers of the far right.
Robert Rundo, the 34-year-old founder of the neo-Nazi “Active Club” network, pleaded guilty in September of conspiracy to riot at a series of political rallies in California in 2017.
At the time of the rallies, Rundo was the leader of the Rise Above Movement (Ram), a neo-Nazi gang that inculcated members with fascist ideology and trained in combat sports for the purpose of attacking political opponents.
The sentence reflected an agreement reached by federal prosecutors and Rundo’s public defenders to resolve the case without trial. Josephine L Staton, a US district court judge, took into account the 725 cumulative days Rundo had served at various stages in the custody of American, Salvadoran, Serbian and Romanian authorities.
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