Jewish ancestry confirmed by DNA
A DNA test confirmed Meeink has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry — revealing that the former neo-Nazi leader who preached Jewish conspiracy theories is himself Jewish.
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He Was a Violent Neo-Nazi Leader. Then He Found Out He Is Jewish.
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May 27, 2026
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Congressional Testimony, Police Threat, and Two Years in Hiding
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The episode's most alarming segment: Frank is invited to testify before Congress on white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement — a subject he has direct personal knowledge of. The death threats arrive within hours. Days later, at a protest in downtown LA during the 2020 uprising, an LA County Sheriff's deputy gets out of a patrol car, calls Frank by name, and explicitly threatens to 'blow his fucking brains out.' Other deputies surround Frank when he tries to report it, and the threatening officer never denies the statement on the partial video Frank captured. The LA County Sheriff's Department's own documented gang problems within its ranks make the incident less surprising but no less disturbing. Frank goes into hiding for two years. He never filed a formal complaint because, as he notes, they investigate themselves.
Testifying to Congress and Getting Threatened by a Cop
Meeink testified at a congressional hearing on white supremacist infiltration of police departments. That same night, death threats arrived. Days later, an LA County Sheriff's deputy confronted him by name at a protest and said: 'I'm gonna blow your fucking brains out.' Meeink went into hiding for two years.
2 years in hiding after congressional testimony
After testifying at a congressional hearing on white supremacists infiltrating police departments, Meeink received death threats and went into hiding for two years.
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