Mosley, who recently became leader of the white nationalist group Identity Europa, welcomed the lawsuits, saying they would only lead to more effective fundraising to support their legal defense and operations. “We’re going to end up winning and getting money out of this,” he said.

We are not a private army,” Mosley said of Identity Europa, which was one of the groups that participated in the Aug. 12 rally. “If we are, then Black Lives Matter is also a private army…We’re an activist organization.”

Mosley and Wallace said they had nothing to do with the militia groups that maintained their neutrality. C.J. Ross, an Amherst resident who is a member of a loosely organized militia group, said his colleagues and the Redneck Revolt, which provided security for counter-protesters in Justice Park, were the only organizations at the Aug. 12 rally that did not have a member participate in some form of violence.

“The unorganized militia is a part of the Virginia constitution,” he said. “We were the only non-violent [groups at the rally in] Charlottesville on Aug. 12 … I would ask these people to note one example of one of our guys who was arrested or fired a single shot. They can’t.”