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Outside investigators have submitted a report to the Washington state house about the activities of the far-right Republican state representative Matt Shea, but legislators on both sides of the aisle remain tight-lipped about its contents.

Shea has been the subject of multiple exposés in the Guardian that have revealed his extreme Christian nationalist views that include believing in a coming civil war, bigoted statements about Muslims and numerous conspiracy theories often popular with the “alt-right”.

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Shea’s latest troubles began after the Guardian revealed earlier this year that he had been involved in chats with supporters which advocated violence against and surveillance of perceived political adversaries. This and subsequent local and national reporting, including revelations of Shea’s support for a militia training group, led to an investigation commissioned by the state house’s chief clerk.

Last Monday the independent investigator, the Rampart Group, presented their findings to the chief clerk of the Washington state legislature . He in turn delivered the findings to the executive rules committee, composed of leaders of both parties in the house.

The house majority leader, Pat Sullivan, told Spokane’s Spokesman-Review that there was no timeline in place for a public release of the report, but that the Democratic caucus would meet to discuss the report.

Sullivan and the Republican minority leader, JT Wilcox, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Guardian. A spokesperson for house Democrats said he did not know the contents of the report, but that it would be released to the public in due course. A spokesman for house Republicans referred enquiries to the chief clerk.

Shea, meanwhile, was interviewed last week on Infowars’ David Knight Show, where he attacked perceived critics.

Shea then quoted Theodore Beale, whom the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) describes as a “champion of the alt right movement”, and whose blog is described as a home of “misogynistic, white supremacist diatribes”.

“Social justice warriors always lie, they always double down on their lie, and they always try to project on to you how they really are themselves,” Shea said.

Shea also reiterated the conspiratorial beliefs which he has aired in public and private settings for some time, warning of “a counterstate threat of Islamists and Marxists who want to take down this country”.