“I beg Donald Trump, I beg the American government, to look at my case,” British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson said Monday. “I need evacuation from this country because dark forces are at work.”

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was convicted Friday of contempt of court in the United Kingdom after unlawfully interfering in a sex-crimes trial and encouraging “vigilante action” against the defendants. He made an appeal for political asylum in the U.S. while appearing on Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy site InfoWars.

Robinson said British prisons are run by “jihadi gangs” and so he’ll likely be killed if he’s incarcerated again, The Independent reports.

“This is a direct appeal on behalf of my family,” Robinson said. “We love the United States. I have no future [in Great Britain]. The country has fallen.”

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But remember the hashtag is #IamSoldierX, not #XɹǝᴉploSɯɐI. pic.twitter.com/YHOIDJez1I — Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (Parody) (@RobinsonParody) October 11, 2018

The 36-year-old co-founder of the extremist English Defence League, who calls himself a “citizen-journalist,” has previously been convicted of assault, financial fraud, immigration fraud and drug possession. Last year, a small group of Republicans in Congress invited Robinson to Washington, D.C., to speak at an event for conservatives. Robinson’s legal difficulties prevented him from making the trip.

Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, one of the Republicans who invited Robinson to the U.S. capital, attended a 2018 London rally in support of his cause, joining chants of “We want Tommy out!” as some Robinson supporters gave Nazi salutes.

Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon, also while in London last year, reportedly said, “Tommy Robinson is the f---ing backbone of this country."

Robinson insists the “globalist” power brokers in Britain are out to get him.

"The British state's appeasement to Islam, the unrestricted waves of migrants into this country, means that they are deliberately persecuting and illegally imprisoning anyone who speaks out against their globalist agenda," he said.

"I want to make a genuine appeal to President Trump, to the Republican Party: Please consider me and my family for political asylum."

President Trump has not commented on Robinson’s appeal for asylum.

-- Douglas Perry

@douglasmperry

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