MARINECORPSINVESTIGATINGRESERVIST

Son of formerGOPleader couldhave ties to White supremacistgroup

BY ANDREW DYER

SAN DIEGO ASanDiego-based Marine Corps reservist isunderinvestigationbythe Marinesafter membershipinterviewswith a White supremacisthate group were leaked byactivistsandhighlightedina subsequent Southern Poverty Law

Center report onthehighpercentage of applicantsthatclaimedmilitary ties. Inits report,theSPLCfound that1 in 5 applicants to thehate groupPatriotFrontclaimed to either beon active duty or veteransof themilitary. It highlighted one applicantwhosaidhe wasa SanDiego-based Marine veteran. Localactivists notedthatCpl.

Victor Krvaric, 21, shares the same biographicaldetails such asage, jobtitlesandfamilybackground— as the anonymous applicant cited intheSPLC report. Krvaricis a son of TonyKrvaric,the ex-chairman of the county RepublicanParty SanDiego activistsaffiliated withTheActivist Podcast were the first to point to Krvaricaspossibly beingtheunnamedpersoninthe SPLC report. Inadetailed thread on Twitter Wednesday, thepodcast pointed to thesimilarities between Krvaric and the applicant,whois namedintheleaked chatsas“Interviewee 441515.” AMarineCorpsReserve spokesperson confirmed Wednesdaythat theserviceisinvestigatingwhether Krvaricistheinterviewee inthe leaked communications.

“The MarineCorpsinvestigates when a command receivesinformationthat a servicemembermaybe involvedinactive participation withan extremist organization or extremist activity, said Lt.Col. CraigThomas, a spokespersonfor the Marine Forces Reserve, ina statement. “There isnoplacefor extremisminthe MarineCorps.Our strengthisderived fromtheindividual excellence of every Marine regardlessofbackground.Bigotry andracial extremism run contrary

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