In early October 2017,
BuzzFeed News published leaked email chains from Yiannopoulos' tenure at Breitbart. According to the report, Yiannopoulos and his ghostwriter Allum Bokhari regularly solicited ideas for stories and comments from people associated with the
alt-right and
neo-Nazi movements.
[7] Among the figures Yiannopoulos contacted were
Curtis Yarvin, a central figure of the
neoreactionary movement;
Devin Saucier, the editor of the white supremacist magazine
American Renaissance;
Andrew Auernheimer, the administrator of neo-Nazi website
The Daily Stormer; and
Baked Alaska, a commentator known for his anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi tweets.
[7] Yiannopoulos also was in contact and received suggestions and texts from individuals in "traditionally liberal professions" such as entertainment and media. Mitchell Sunderland from
Vice News emailed Yiannopoulos a link to an article by
Lindy West of
The New York Times, and requested: "Please mock this fat feminist."
[7][143] The report also included a video of Yiannopoulos singing "
America the Beautiful" at a
karaoke bar, where a crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists, including Saucier and
Richard B. Spencer, cheered him with the Nazi
sieg heil salute.
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