August Kreis III
August Kreis III (1954–) is a longtime neo-Nazi who was a former leader in the Posse Comitatus and the Aryan Nations. In the 1990s, he was infamous for appearing on The Jerry Springer Show, and after making an ass out of himself, was kicked off for insulting Springer's mother, referring to her as a lampshade,[1] a reference to Ilse Koch's
rumored hobby of making lampshades from the skin of concentration camp inmates.
During the 2000s, he attempted to form an alliance between the Aryan Nations and Al-Qaeda, but Al-Qaeda did not accept his offer.[2][3]
In 2011 he was convicted for pension fraud by the federal government.[2]
In 2015 he was convicted on three counts of child molestation and sentenced to 50 years in prison. At his sentencing, he urged everyone present to vote for Donald Trump for president.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Racist Kids," The Jerry Springer Show, 4 Feb. 1993 and "A Racist Family", The Jerry Springer Show, 20 Feb. 1991
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.fbi.gov/columbia/press-releases/2011/white-supremacist-pleads-guilty-in-veterans-affairs-pension-case
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/schuster.column/
- ↑ KKK member sentenced to 50 years for sexually assaulting 3 minors