MISSOULA, Mont.—A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Andrew Anglin, founder and operator of The Daily Stormer website.
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Anglin, who was accused of ignoring a $14 million judgment against him for orchestrating an antisemitic harassment campaign against a Montana woman’s family.
Attorneys for Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh have said Anglin did not pay any portion of the August 2019 judgment and has ignored their requests for information about his whereabouts, his operation of the website, and other assets.
Gersh says anonymous internet trolls bombarded her family with hateful and threatening messages after Anglin published their personal information, including a photo of her young son. In a string of posts, Anglin accused Gersh and other Jewish residents of Whitefish, Montana, of engaging in an “extortion racket” against the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer….