Kurt Eichenwald of Newsweek

Some of you may remember that an attempt was made to murder Kurt Eichenwald, who is epileptic, by sending him a Tweet designed to trigger a seizure — some patterns of rapidly flashing images can induce a severe reaction in epileptics.

Today, Eichenwald’s Tweeting out that Richard Spencer, notorious Nazi and white supremacist, confessed on tape to an Atlantic reporter that he was part of the conspiracy to kill Eichenwald.

x Yesterday, I tweeted re: @RichardBSpencer saying "I know." Now let me add - so does the FBI. Destroy records at risk of jail, Ricky. (1) Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer Here"s what I know: @RichardBSpencer confessed on tape he was part of an effort to kill me through strobing me to trigger a seizure...(2) Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer ...idiot confessed to it while Atlantic Monthly reporter's recorder was rolling. Dig through the great story: https://t.co/q1sxuXPsMy

(3) Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer ...@RichardBSpencer pal who caused seizure is charged by feds/state. Faces 10 yrs. Enjoy the investigation Ricky. Go hide in mom's basement Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer ...& Spencer was also dumb enough to start pushing a defense fund w/in hours of guy's arrest, which made everyone go "WTF is that?"... Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer ...no one had any idea this was connected to supremacists at the time. Not us, not the feds. But Ricky did, and let us know. What an idiot. Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x Can u imagine how difficult its been to know for months that evidence exists @RichardBSpencer was in on attack, and for me to say nothing? Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer THAT, ricky, is why Ive been insulting u so much. Good way to relieve my fury at u & ur meth buddies trying to kill me w/o revealing I knew. Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer quote on tape before he backpedals when warned not to say this: "Ã¢ÂÂWhat is that guyÃ¢ÂÂs name? The one whom we almost killed?Ã¢ÂÂ Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x .@RichardBSpencer The name is Kurt Eichenwald, you son of a bitch. And trust me, you'll never forget it again. https://t.co/q1sxuXPsMy Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x Now, for all the ppl who say "punching Nazis is ok." It's not. I like my way better. Legal and, even better, terrifying for them. Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

x My favorite part: @RichardBSpencer's computer is up for grabs by govment. All ppl on it will now be known. Unless Ricky commits obstruction. Ã¢ÂÂ Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 15, 2017

Read that last tweet again. We know that white supremacist groups support Trump bigly during the election. We know that Trump is a petty vengeful jerk, with sincere apologies to all those who self-identify as petty vengeful jerks. It does not strain my credulity much to imagine Trump asking for someone to “rid him of this troublesome reporter”, for Eichenwald hit Trump hard and often about his taxes and Russian connections. We shall see if a Trump campaign connection turns up.

BTW, there are people who know how to lock / erase a compute such that the FBI has trouble getting in. I’m going to guess that Richard Spencer isn’t one of them.

As the penultimate tweet says, this is a lot better than punching a Nazi. This is punching all the Nazis at once.

EDIT:

One last insult as Kurt vents spleen: