State Department employee linked to white supremacy placed on leave

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A State Department official is reportedly on administrative leave after being linked to a white nationalist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The SPLC published a report on Wednesday alleging Bureau of Energy Resources foreign affairs officer Matthew Gebert uses the alias “Coach Finstock” to advocate for white supremacy and white nationalism on social media and other places.

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