Fort Liberty soldier charged with arms trafficking and accused of lying about ties to white supremacist group

FORT LIBERTY, NC (WRAL) — A 20-year-old Fort Liberty soldier has been charged with illegal arms trafficking and making false statements to the government.

Kai Liam Nix, also known as Kai Brazelton, who was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 14.

According to the indictment, Nix is ​​accused of lying about his involvement with extremist groups in an application for a security clearance.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claims that Nix was a member of the nationalist hate group Patriot Front.

In addition to the false statement charge, Nix is ​​also charged with trafficking in weapons and two counts of selling stolen weapons. He was arrested on August 15 and made his first court appearance on Monday.

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