Tonight at a New York City Friends of Abe meeting Huffington Post writer Ryan Clayton crashed the event, took the stage and threatened the crowd.

TGP contributor Lucian Wintrich, was at the meeting and added this:

“Huffington Post contributor Ryan Clyayton grabbed the microphone and started singing at the conservative Friends of Abe event. The Friends of Abe is anonymous group of conservatives in media and celebrity status who don’t want to be outed as conservative in the liberal bastion of New York City. Clayton then pulled out a camera threatened the crowd. He said he was going to film them and publish the video. That’s when an audience member restrained him while two others took his video recording device.

James O’Keefe was speaking about the liberal media when Ryan Clayton took the stage.

TRENDING: RUTH BADER GINSBURG DEAD! Supreme Court Justice Dies at Home Surrounded by Family

The police were called and Clayton was detained by the police.

Ryan Clayton just showed up at Friends of Abe event, started disrupting event, was tackled. People got shoved and thrown. All on video pic.twitter.com/hTMsVA4Ew2 — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 30, 2017

Here’s video from the meeting tonight.

.@JamesOKeefeIII confronts violent protester Ryan Clayton after he was removed from the building. Police are questioning Clayton. pic.twitter.com/7jdm4sXAZx — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 30, 2017

And, of course, the perpetrators are playing victim now.

You tried to birddog a friends of Abe event, and tried to Incite violence by grabbing and and pushing people. https://t.co/AjhdxvYOjj — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 30, 2017

James O’Keefe later posted this.

At friends of Abe event, police investigating Ryan Clayton, @_under_current associate and @rbcreamer colleague, for disruption and violence pic.twitter.com/bitkQll1j2 — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 30, 2017

In 2012 at the premier of Hating Breitbart in Washington DC, Ryan Clayton, a former FOX News contributor, was escorted from the theater after disrupting the event.



Clayton has a history of violent outbursts.